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UK Security Agents Get Censoring Privs at Youtube

posted by janrinok on Friday March 14 2014, @04:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the thin-end-of-the-wedge dept.

Angry Jesus writes:

"The Irish Times reports that Google has given high level censorship powers to government security agencies in the UK.

Google has given British security officials special permissions for its YouTube video site, allowing them to have content instantly reviewed if they think that it threatens national security. They already had the power to request removal illegal content, now they can flag legal but "unsavory" content en masse.

They are in part a response to a blitz from UK security authorities to persuade internet service providers, search engines and social media sites to censor more of their own content for extremist material even if it does not always break existing laws."

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by d on Friday March 14 2014, @05:26PM

    by d (523) on Friday March 14 2014, @05:26PM (#16523)

    Yes, and they clearly have the resources needed to review every single of these flags, right?

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