and their explanation (via Twitter) was that it was out of a sense of decency and respect for the victims since there was much uncertainty in the hours afterwards regarding their various conditions, and there was at least 1 victim who was reported to have "life threatening" injuries.

My own thought is that I support the decision. There's plenty of time afterwards for review of video footage, etc. but as someone's life was hanging in the balance, it didn't need to be on YouTube right away.

I have a huge pet peeve regarding local news coverage when TV helicopters zoom in so close on the scene of a traffic accident that you can identify the vehicles involved. Imagine if you were the family member of someone involved - is that you want to find out? By watching TV. Then again how about if it's your family vehicle and you know that your spouse was driving a bunch of kids home from soccer practice (or any other activity) and now your world is turned upside trying to figure out if anyone in YOUR family was among those killed, and who it might be, etc.

I realize that I have some quaint, old-fashioned ideas of decency and respect, but that's just my two cents. As my parents said many times, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

BTW - once the conditions of all involved were determined, and we knew there were no fatalities, the videos from Daytona were "unblocked".