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YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party
//YouTube is automatically deleting comments that contain certain Chinese-language phrases related to criticism of the country’s ruling Communist Party (CCP). The company confirmed to The Verge this was happening in error and that it’s working to fix the issue.
//Comments left under videos or in live streams that contain the words “共匪” (“communist bandit”) or “五毛” (“50-cent party”) are automatically deleted in around 15 seconds, though their English language translations and Romanized Pinyin equivalents are not.
//The accidental censorship is even more puzzling considering that YouTube is currently blocked in China, giving its parent company, Google, even less reason to censor comments critical of the CCP or apply moderation systems in accordance with Chinese censorship laws.
//Google has frequently been criticized for accommodating the wishes of the CCP by censoring content. Most notably, it created a prototype search engine known as Project Dragonfly that complied with Chinese state censorship. The project, which was never deployed, is part of the company’s long-running struggles to enter the Chinese market.
//When news of Dragonfly leaked in 2018 in a report from The Intercept, Google was criticized by politicians and its own employees for selling out its principles. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in June 2019, the company said it had “terminated” the project and that it had “no plans to launch Search in China.”
Full article: The Verge, (26-May)
Further reading:
Youtube’s CEO was involved in the founding of Google
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20291
Did the CCP manipulate Google search results to spread their propaganda more effectively?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20289
#ChineseCensorship #Youtube #Google
YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party
//YouTube is automatically deleting comments that contain certain Chinese-language phrases related to criticism of the country’s ruling Communist Party (CCP). The company confirmed to The Verge this was happening in error and that it’s working to fix the issue.
//Comments left under videos or in live streams that contain the words “共匪” (“communist bandit”) or “五毛” (“50-cent party”) are automatically deleted in around 15 seconds, though their English language translations and Romanized Pinyin equivalents are not.
//The accidental censorship is even more puzzling considering that YouTube is currently blocked in China, giving its parent company, Google, even less reason to censor comments critical of the CCP or apply moderation systems in accordance with Chinese censorship laws.
//Google has frequently been criticized for accommodating the wishes of the CCP by censoring content. Most notably, it created a prototype search engine known as Project Dragonfly that complied with Chinese state censorship. The project, which was never deployed, is part of the company’s long-running struggles to enter the Chinese market.
//When news of Dragonfly leaked in 2018 in a report from The Intercept, Google was criticized by politicians and its own employees for selling out its principles. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in June 2019, the company said it had “terminated” the project and that it had “no plans to launch Search in China.”
Full article: The Verge, (26-May)
Further reading:
Youtube’s CEO was involved in the founding of Google
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20291
Did the CCP manipulate Google search results to spread their propaganda more effectively?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20289
#ChineseCensorship #Youtube #Google
The Intercept
Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal
Search app that will “blacklist sensitive queries” could be launched in six to nine months, according to documents and people familiar with the plans.
#ChineseCensorship
How China's youths today are learning about June 4, as observed by a Japanese netizen
"Young people in China don’t know why they couldn’t leave a message on any streaming website on June 4th.
In the course of investigating this strange phenomenon, they learned about June 4, and I just want to say that the CCP’s behavior had quite the opposite effect."
Source: Twitter
#Jun4 #ReverseEffect #6431Truth
How China's youths today are learning about June 4, as observed by a Japanese netizen
"Young people in China don’t know why they couldn’t leave a message on any streaming website on June 4th.
In the course of investigating this strange phenomenon, they learned about June 4, and I just want to say that the CCP’s behavior had quite the opposite effect."
Source: Twitter
#Jun4 #ReverseEffect #6431Truth