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The night before the proposal of the "National Security Law" in Hong Kong, Google censored pro-democracy searches in Hong Kong and later used the same excuse: h
by ipiz0618 6y ago
The night before the proposal of the "National Security Law" in Hong Kong, Google censored pro-democracy searches in Hong Kong and later used the same excuse:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23256470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23256470
- hintymad 6y agoI'd rather give Youtube benefit of doubt here, given that Youtube can't profit in China and that Google has had a long history of standing up against China. A more plausible reason for this mishap is that, as I guess, Youtube's removal system is automated and considers user complaints. The propaganda machine of Chinese government, or even China's little pinks, may have figured out a way to game the system by filing lots of complaints.
- sieabahlpark 6y agoYouTube is owned by Google, which this post seems to ignore.
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- woutr_be 6y agoWas that confirmed to be true? I saw it pop up on Facebook, but it just said “What Google might look like in the future if we allow this to pass” (or something like that)
- ipiz0618 6y agoYeah, unfortunately. The image I uploaded wasn't from myself, but I confirmed it first hand before posting so it made no difference which image I posted.
- woutr_be 6y agoThere’s really no excusing this, or blaming it on some obscure bug. “Yellow” in HK is very specific these days, and definitely political.