Posted on 11/30/2008 10:34:11 AM PST by Oyarsa
Inside the world of Google censors By Michelle Malkin • November 29, 2008 11:05 PM
Several weeks ago, I spoke with GWU law professor Jeffrey Rosen about my curious experiences with YouTube’s mystery censors. Longtime readers will remember the battle over “First, They Came.” For the past two years, my attempts to re-upload the little video about the Mohammed Cartoons and violent jihad were blocked. Other users were able to upload it, but it was blocked from my personal channel. Lo and behold, after Rosen inquired about it, the video is now available again.
As of Nov. 16, 2008, the clip was still banned. Here’s the cached screenshot (click for full-size):
As of Nov. 30, 2008, it has magically reappeared on my channel, with the option “Embedding disabled by request” — which, um, I did not choose.
Curiouser and curiouser. Wonders never cease!
Here’s the relevant part of Rosen’s piece on Google’s gatekeepers in the NYT, but make sure to click through and read Rosen’s entire piece for a penetrating look at GooTube’s inner chamber of content censors and their global impact:
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
Excellent. Thank You for the link.
Yes, they share wealth, influence and power and influence they could not achieve anywhere else but the US; but they hate the country anyway.
:O)
BUMP!
“I’m completely flummoxed about what their standards are,” she said. “The standards need to be clear, they need to be consistent and they need to be more responsive.”
Sounds like Lucianne.com
Whanna bet? Their time is coming. They keep supporting the liberals and their real suppression of free speech, Google will be nothing more than a government filter.
Free Republic might consider allowing the hosting of videos and images. I know it opens up more copyright and legal issues, but it would be cool.
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