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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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