YouTube Automatically Deletes Some Terms Critical of Chinese Regime

Re:YouTube Automatically Deletes Some Terms Critical of Chin... by justicezyx on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:16AM (#23232169)

... I tested with the terms, those are not affected.

I seriously doubt the truthfulness. Those words are not even banned inside the GFW. How come they are banned on CCP’s biggest nemesis?...

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Re:YouTube Automatically Deletes Some Terms Critical of Chin... by aww_dang on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:25AM (#23232204)

Youtube usually shadowbans comments with links. I would expect the same for this.

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Re:YouTube Automatically Deletes Some Terms Critical of Chin... by dang on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:46AM (#23232351)

If you look through the past threads linked at the top of this page, you'll find examples where people were testing this and getting affirmative results, though not everyone did.

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Re:YouTube Automatically Deletes Some Terms Critical of Chin... by stretchwithme on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:44AM (#23232329)

I just tested 共匪 and it appears to be true.

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Re:YouTube Automatically Deletes Some Terms Critical of Chin... by stretchwithme on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:45AM (#23232342)

Google translate just translates these characters as 'gangster'.

https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto...

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Re:YouTube Automatically Deletes Some Terms Critical of Chin... by mschuster91 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:41AM (#23232302)

> How come they are banned on CCP’s biggest nemesis?

You'd be surprised to what lengths Western companies go just to either gain or not lose access to over 1 billion consumers.

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