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Over time I suspect India-US relations will be more difficult than China-US relations. China has a largely separate cultural, media & technology spaces from th

Over time I suspect India-US relations will be more difficult than China-US relations. China has a largely separate cultural, media & technology spaces from the US and both are doing as much as they can to disentangle other sectors. So they can be enemies at a distance. India overlaps in so many ways that it's hard to resolve disputes. Is it okay for YouTube host content that promotes the caste system or Khalistan independence? Should Mastercard to business with Indian banks perform transactions against the spirit of US sanctions?

maxglute 2y ago
Anglo internet in for a rude awakening when default English narrative increasingly shifts Indian. Which TBF, no reason it shouldn't. Pretty much only sadists in twitter geopolitics space tries to engage Indian nationalists now. Indian brigade on English reddit also fairly "effective". Maybe immigration driven west will learn blowback of importing diasphora drama not worth it and filter for serenity. IMO India will eventually start their own online ecosystem, they're too big not to. Somewhat related, has anyone noticed youtube cracking down on hindi channels with English titles, use to get tons of them recommended looking up tech dominant in Asia like Xiaomi. Now rarely see any, seems like there's already filtering in place to segregate.
lenkite 2y ago
YouTube already censors content considered as "misinformation" by the U.S. government and has worked with the White House to mass delete videos inconvenient to the U.S. Democratic Party or considered dangerous to U.S. sovereignty aka Jan 6 "insurrection" videos that provide non-whitewashed data. By equal merit, Youtube should have no issues removing content that promotes Khalistan independence or anything the Indian government wants censored. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
rinka_singh 2y ago
I agree and I think this difficulty should be recognized and made so earlier rather than later. The US should sanction India, it is a better way to go.

maxglute 2y ago

Anglo internet in for a rude awakening when default English narrative increasingly shifts Indian. Which TBF, no reason it shouldn't. Pretty much only sadists in twitter geopolitics space tries to engage Indian nationalists now. Indian brigade on English reddit also fairly "effective". Maybe immigration driven west will learn blowback of importing diasphora drama not worth it and filter for serenity. IMO India will eventually start their own online ecosystem, they're too big not to. Somewhat related, has anyone noticed youtube cracking down on hindi channels with English titles, use to get tons of them recommended looking up tech dominant in Asia like Xiaomi. Now rarely see any, seems like there's already filtering in place to segregate.

lenkite 2y ago

YouTube already censors content considered as "misinformation" by the U.S. government and has worked with the White House to mass delete videos inconvenient to the U.S. Democratic Party or considered dangerous to U.S. sovereignty aka Jan 6 "insurrection" videos that provide non-whitewashed data. By equal merit, Youtube should have no issues removing content that promotes Khalistan independence or anything the Indian government wants censored. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

rinka_singh 2y ago

I agree and I think this difficulty should be recognized and made so earlier rather than later. The US should sanction India, it is a better way to go.