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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:09PM (#23224250)
> political affiliation is a protected class in other countries where YouTube operates

At which point Google should decide on what countries they operate in. If they operate in a country where political affiliation is a protected class, go ahead and hide those comments to users in that country. But don't export that country's values to mine.

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by ThrowawayR2 on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:22PM (#23224483)
Unfortunately, the Internet allows a user to connect to to a server in any country on the planet, so your solution is really a non-solution because it's trivially bypassed.
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:25PM (#23224528)
> your solution is really a non-solution because it's trivially bypassed

One, governments who don't like this have ways of fixing it. Two, this true for other media--I can ship my friend a book banned in their country. And three, tough. Nobody has global jurisdiction.

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by type0 on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:14PM (#23225273)
> --I can ship my friend a book banned in their country.

And depending on the country your friend might end up in jail, not very friendly but you never know how undemocratic countries/institutions will overreact.

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by pgeorgi on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:20PM (#23225357)
> Nobody has global jurisdiction.

So Europe gets a YouTube without guns but with nudity?

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