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Tokyo Demands YouTube Play Fair

Posted by Zonk on from the when-no-one-is-special-everyone-is dept.

eldavojohn writes "Recently, the city government of Tokyo has requested that political speeches to be pulled from YouTube, claiming that it gave certain hopefuls an advantage over others for Sunday's election. You may recall YouTube being in trouble with more than a few countries in the past. 'Japanese election law limits the broadcasting of speeches, which are aired only on public broadcaster NHK. Soon after the race kicked off last month, the speech by one fringe candidate, street musician Koichi Toyama, 36, has become a popular attraction on YouTube due to his eccentric, confrontational approach.' Is it fair that some government officials are being viewed more on YouTube than others or is it simply leveling the playing field for anyone with a message since it costs very little to put a video on YouTube?"

2 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. It has to be said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Domo Origato Mr. Youtube-botto

  2. Slashdot has taken a sad turn for the worse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    when an obligatory "domo origato mr. roboto" reply to any japanese story is not modded to +5.

    Where have you gone, Joe Slashdimagio?
    The nation turns its lonely eyes away.