"This video is not available in your country." That's the message you get when you type "Lhasa Tibet" into the search engine of YouTube. Let me be clear here, this is not YouTube's China portal, which by the way has been shut since Sunday (16 March), this is just youtube.com. This clearly looks like a self-censoring exercise on behalf of the video sharing website. There are many reports floating around the net that China is again blocking access to a number of foreign news organisations when reports about Tibet are aired. It's a shame that firstly, the Google-owned YouTube is continuously blocked in China, but especially sad if it has made a decision to self-sensor for purely commercial reasons.
4 comments:
I experienced the same (I'm in Hong Kong as well) but not on all the video.
If this is really youtube, this is a shame and I'm glad not to have my blog hosted by Google.
It's not just a censorship thing, it seems to be a copyright issue as well. In the USA, you're not allowed to watch some BBC videos.
Youtube is censoring vlogs and BBC newscasts as well as music videos.
I can understand blocking music videos due to copyright issues but to censor personal vids and even newscasts is in direct contradiction with the very notion of freedom of speech and democracy.
Furthermore, I think what initially infuriates someone is seeing, "this video is not AVAILABLE in your COUNTRY". It appears discrimantory and to me just a bit jingoistic.
It's not only Youtube though; other broadcasting sites are censoring by country as well. For instance, I cant watch full episodes of ANYTHING on NBC.com: "We're sorry, but the clip you selected isn't available in your location. Please select another clip." - At least they're a bit more tactful about putting you down.
Dasein - (Barbados)
this is such bullsh*t
who can say i can not see a music video from example Editors: Smokers outside the hospital door.
and i live in Fkin belgium. Even HERE it's been blocked !
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