YouTube automatically deletes Chinese epithet 'communist bandit'

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3933777

by TechBro8615 • 6 years ago

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Is there an analogous epithet use to describe the Taiwanese? If so does YouTube also delete that when entered?

nine_k• 6 years ago

I wonder if there is a list of English and German phrases to automatically delete. The amount of phrases you should utter in public in these languages is considerable. (IDK about other European languages.)

yumraj3• 6 years ago

Google is not even in China so why would they even do this? I don’t think that YouTube is either.

I wonder if this is just some lower level software engineer or product manager taking a unilateral decision, for whatever reason, or if this came from up above...

kanox• 6 years ago

Is this guaranteed to be intentional or could it be an accident due to a poorly trained spam detector?

yumraj3• 6 years ago

Could be, though I tend to go with occum's razor in most cases, which to me implies this is intentional.

m0llusk• 6 years ago

"Communist bandit" is highly inflammatory rhetoric because it references the traditional Chinese term for a regime that has lost legitimacy and must soon fall: "bad men and bandits". It is roughly at the same level as "Fuck the King". Harmless words for people living in modern democratic states, but plainly out of line for people under authoritarian control.

yumraj3• 6 years ago

I don't disagree with that. Though not clear if you were replying to my point about where the order to block it came from. Unless I missed it..

nikofeyn• 6 years ago

on a related note, i am getting a massive amount of propaganda via youtube's ads. i have personalization turned off on youtube and google, so these are i guess from youtube's default ad pool or whatever. the ads i see are all sorts of propaganda either for or against places like israel, china, and all other sorts of issues. it is insane. i've never been under assault of more propaganda, even when traveling in china, and i've greatly reduced my use of youtube because there's been no way to stop these ads. all i watch on youtube are random interest clips (e.g., guitar) that have nothing to do with politics, news, etc.

one of these is from the organization "epoch times" or something like that which are bluntly anti-chinese propaganda. i have no idea what's going on, but it's clear youtube and google are sellouts to the highest bidder.

YouTube automatically deletes Chinese epithet 'communist bandit'

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