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YouTube confirms it’s “accidentally” deleting comments that insult CCP

38 points by busymom0 6y ago

busymom0 6y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270290/youtube-deleting-comments-censorship-chinese-communist-party-ccp https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270290/youtube-deleting...
- pmiller2 6y ago
  This is a far better URL for this submission. Not sure why anyone chose to hit the down arrow.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  In addition, what’s with the scare quotes around “accidentally” with the link to the Twitter post? The post and article title don’t contain them. Sure, it’s probably intentional, but we don’t need editorialization.
chrisjc 6y ago
> The term “共匪” is an insult that dates back to China’s Nationalist government, while “五毛,” (or “wu mao”) is a derogatory slang term > These phrases seem to have been accidentally added to YouTube’s comment filters, which automatically remove spam and offensive text. So which is it? Are they offensive terms and the content filters are working? Or are they not offensive terms, and content filters are going too far? Might this "bug" also explain why viewers are being unsubscribed (as well as not notified to new content) from channels that are critical of the CCP? For example the China Uncensored youtube channel is constantly getting demonetized and subscribers unsubscribed as a result of what can only be attributed to criticism of the CCP. The channel goes so far as to call its own viewers (patreon supporters) as their own "50 cent army". Perhaps this is what the content filters are picking up on. https://www.youtube.com/user/NTDChinaUncensored https://www.youtube.com/user/NTDChinaUncensored
- spacephysics 6y ago
  We need a site that aggregates these creators separately from the platforms they publish on. This way if a (shadow) ban hammer comes down, at least the users can find the creator without relying on the platform that banned them.
influx 6y ago
Was this a result of "AI", or did an insider add this to a blacklist?
- theCodeStig 6y ago
  I suspect it was an insider.
hdaackda2 6y ago
Yeah right... "accidentally" just like Reddit..

38 points by busymom0 6y ago

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270290/youtube-deleting-comments-censorship-chinese-communist-party-ccp https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270290/youtube-deleting...

pmiller2 6y ago
This is a far better URL for this submission. Not sure why anyone chose to hit the down arrow.
colejohnson66 6y ago
In addition, what’s with the scare quotes around “accidentally” with the link to the Twitter post? The post and article title don’t contain them. Sure, it’s probably intentional, but we don’t need editorialization.

chrisjc 6y ago

> The term “共匪” is an insult that dates back to China’s Nationalist government, while “五毛,” (or “wu mao”) is a derogatory slang term > These phrases seem to have been accidentally added to YouTube’s comment filters, which automatically remove spam and offensive text. So which is it? Are they offensive terms and the content filters are working? Or are they not offensive terms, and content filters are going too far? Might this "bug" also explain why viewers are being unsubscribed (as well as not notified to new content) from channels that are critical of the CCP? For example the China Uncensored youtube channel is constantly getting demonetized and subscribers unsubscribed as a result of what can only be attributed to criticism of the CCP. The channel goes so far as to call its own viewers (patreon supporters) as their own "50 cent army". Perhaps this is what the content filters are picking up on. https://www.youtube.com/user/NTDChinaUncensored https://www.youtube.com/user/NTDChinaUncensored

spacephysics 6y ago
We need a site that aggregates these creators separately from the platforms they publish on. This way if a (shadow) ban hammer comes down, at least the users can find the creator without relying on the platform that banned them.

influx 6y ago

Was this a result of "AI", or did an insider add this to a blacklist?

theCodeStig 6y ago
I suspect it was an insider.

hdaackda2 6y ago

Yeah right... "accidentally" just like Reddit..