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YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China's Communist Party
YouTube is automatically deleting comments that contain certain Chinese-language phrases related to criticism of the country's ruling Communist Party (CCP). The company confirmed to The Verge this was happening in error and that it was looking into the issue.
"This appears to be an error in our enforcement systems and we are investigating," said a YouTube spokesperson. The company did not elaborate on how or why this error came to be, but said it was not the result of any change in its moderation policy.
[...] Comments left under videos or in live streams that contain the words "共匪" ("communist bandit") or "五毛" ("50-cent party") are automatically deleted in around 15 seconds, though their English language translations and Romanized Pinyin equivalents are not.
[...] The accidental censorship is even more puzzling considering that YouTube is currently blocked in China, giving its parent company, Google, even less reason to censor comments critical of the CCP or apply moderation systems in accordance with Chinese censorship laws.
The automatic deletion of these phrases was highlighted on Tuesday by US technologist and former Oculus founder Palmer Luckey on Twitter. But earlier reports of the issue date back to the middle of May when they were spotted by human rights activist Jennifer Zeng. As mentioned above, though, The Verge also found complaints on YouTube's official help pages dated to October 2019.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2020, @06:07AM (3 children)
Now I hate Israel as much as the next guy, but Israel did cancel its desalinization plant they were going to have China build for them due to US pressure. They appear to have picked their side.
Although they did sell our nuclear secrets to the Chinese in the past and attack the Liberty, so who knows.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday May 27 2020, @06:30AM (2 children)
We've always been at war with eastasia...
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2020, @08:32AM
And the White supremasterbatorts and the Polacks have always been really close, I mean, really, really, close, in a way that only real men could understand. And so, when shit like this cums up, you have to ask yourself, "Do you feel lucky?", or more like, "Are you Bi-asian-curious?" If you are, please stand to the left of the Yellow line, next to your guide, the Runaway, who will lead you to your appointed quarters. Or eights. With Runaway, one never knows, since he knows so little. Why is this shitpost on the frontpage of SN? Truly an embarrasment. I blame janrinok and systemd. Wankers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2020, @01:48PM
Have you heard of ‘manufactured consent’
Well this is manufactured cold war