Ask HN: How long has Google been censoring YouTube comments critical of China?

Re:Ask HN: How long has Google been censoring YouTube commen... by mytailorisrich on Monday May 18, 2020 @09:04AM (#23221788)

The terms listed in what you've linked to are insults, not "words that the CCP considers offensive".

It's like if you called someone a "Republican asshole", "libtard", of whatever the poetic Americann English lexicon has invented.

For example, I'm sure someone could write in response to this very comment: "how much are you paid to post, you 50 Cent Commie Bandit". This is not a reply, this is an harassing insult.

This has nothing to do with political censorship. This is about insults, harassment, and civility.

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Re:Ask HN: How long has Google been censoring YouTube commen... by Zak on Monday May 18, 2020 @11:38AM (#23223749)

If a large fraction of insults were being automatically deleted, this would be a different conversation. I, for one would welcome a setting where I could hide incivility by default.

This is more like permitting "libtard" while deleting "Republican asshole", suggesting a preference for one side over the other.

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Re:Ask HN: How long has Google been censoring YouTube commen... by keiferski on Monday May 18, 2020 @09:20AM (#23221964)

Have you ever read the comments section of a YouTube video? It's rife with insults and always has been.

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Re:Ask HN: How long has Google been censoring YouTube commen... by alfiedotwtf on Monday May 18, 2020 @09:29AM (#23222040)

Check my edit to the description of this post. I made a new comment, and there is zero way it could have been seen as harassment.

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