YouTube blocks Eurasianet after Turkmenistan state media complaints

https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-youtube-blocked-eurasianet/31507692.html

by UglyToad • 5 years ago

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1cvmask2• 5 years ago

Youtube is one of the biggest censorship platforms.

Youtube even censored an Academic conference on censorship.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26008217

https://www.mintpressnews.com/media-censorship-conference-ce...

perihelions• 5 years ago

Unattended algorithms shouldn't have the capability to shut down news channels. What a horrible machine.

Ironically, Google itself [0] is a funding source of this media nonprofit.

[0] https://eurasianet.org/about

Also, here's an update on the OP:

"Good news: @TeamYouTube has provisionally restored our account pending further review. We’re not in the clear yet. But thanks to our supporters for raising awareness about YouTube’s complicity in Turkmenistan’s efforts to stifle free speech"

https://twitter.com/eurasianet/status/1448687544300802050

1cvmask2• 5 years ago

Eurasianet being sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy (CIA front) probably helped them getting reinstated. The only other way to get FAANG attention other than getting your post on the front page of HN.

https://williamblum.org/chapters/rogue-state/trojan-horse-th...

YouTube blocks Eurasianet after Turkmenistan state media complaints

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