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YouTube bans almost 2,600 Chinese channels - many focused on "racial justice"
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:18 pm
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YouTube bans almost 2,600 Chinese channels for influence operations
Some of the channels posted content about racial justice protests in the US.
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The report comes months before the US presidential election, as tech companies beef up their security operations to try to avoid the pitfalls they encountered in 2016. That election was marred by interference by Russia, which exploited platforms from Google, Facebook and Twitter to try to influence the outcome of the contest.
The channel takedowns also come as relations between the US and China over technology become increasingly tense. US President Donald Trump last week called for a ban of TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, over fears of spying by China. Trump has also said he's open to a sale of TikTok to a US company, with Microsoft emerging as a serious bidder.
Google and YouTube have had their share of entanglements with China. YouTube drew criticism in May after its software deleted comments critical of the Chinese Communist party from its video platform. The comments were removed by mistake, the company said, because of an error in its systems for taking down content that violates YouTube's rules.
Google received blowback two years ago for Project Dragonfly, an initiative to bring a censored search product to China. The effort would reportedly blacklist search terms disapproved of by the Chinese government, such as "student protest" and "Nobel Prize." It also may've tied searches to people's phone numbers. Google employees and human rights advocates protested when news of Dragonfly broke.
Google has also been criticized for its artificial intelligence lab in Beijing, which opened in 2017. Last year, Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the search giant's work in the country is "indirectly benefiting the Chinese military." Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google parent Alphabet, ended up meeting with both Dunford and Trump that month to discuss Google's relationship with China.
No fricking surprise that Chinese influence efforts are focused around stoking racial division in the US.
How much of the riots and destruction of property in the US this summer has been driven by foreign influence, cash, and organization?
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:27 pm to goofball
No surprise Big Tech would do this. When you protest against police misconduct, you are by definition questioning authority.
Jimmy Dore tried to warn his fellow lefties when most of them were celebrating the Alex Jones bans.
Jimmy Dore tried to warn his fellow lefties when most of them were celebrating the Alex Jones bans.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:32 pm to goofball
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No fricking surprise that Chinese influence efforts are focused around stoking racial division in the US.
Sounds like they've mastered Putin's playbook. No doubt he's still at it too...
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:34 pm to Uptowner
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Sounds like they've mastered Putin's playbook. No doubt he's still at it too...
Pretty much ever nation that doesn't like us is doing it. And probably some who do like us.
I mean can you imagine the laughs they're having right now, watching the shite show that is this country at the moment? I mean it's better than any reality show that's for damn sure.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:35 pm to goofball
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YouTube drew criticism in May after its software deleted comments critical of the Chinese Communist party from its video platform. The comments were removed by mistake, the company said, because of an error in its systems for taking down content that violates YouTube's rules.
How stupid do they think people are?
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:37 pm to fr33manator
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How stupid do they think people are?
Have you seen most of the mouth breathing idiots that populate this country, especially on social media?
Posted on 8/6/20 at 12:54 pm to fr33manator
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How stupid do they think people are?
Pretty fricking stupid.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 1:13 pm to goofball
Why does Ghina care about racial justice in the USA?
Posted on 8/6/20 at 1:19 pm to NPComb
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Why does Ghina care about racial justice in the USA?
Because it stokes division and weakens the U.S.
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