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China Continues to Shut Down Video Sites

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the governments-the-same-the-world-over dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "It's not just YouTube that's blocked in China. After the unrest in Tibet, at least 25 video sharing sites have been shut down and others have been penalized. While the Chinese government is not admitting that violence in Tibet had anything to do with it, they do have a sudden interest in strictly enforcing licensing restrictions that require video sharing websites to register with the government. Among other things, Chinese video sharing sites must promise not to show videos that inspire fear, contain pornography, or endanger national security."

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  1. Violations of Human Rights by Yahma · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's sad that we are allowing these Violations of Human Rights in China to continue unabated. America has long known of Chinas abuse of power and its Terrible Record on Human Rights; however, money, more than anything else will allow China to continue to sweep its abuses under the rug.

    As one of our biggest up & coming trading partners, with billions of US dollars invested in the country, why would we want to do something as silly as Boycotting the 2008 Summer Olypics? Yes, its unfortunate; however, the status quo will remain, and China will continue to violate Human Rights, while the US and China's other trading partners will continue to turn a blind eye to the abuses.

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  2. China's late to the party by MacDork · · Score: -1, Troll

    The US has been shutting down video sites for years, faster, and more frequently than China has ever dreamed. Now we're supposed to be appalled because they don't like one or two of the handful that are left? Give me a break. Even in videos where Americans complain about Chinese internet video censorship, we see American internet video censorship. Did nobody notice the blacked out screen denoting "THE FOLLOWING ABC NEWS FOOTAGE COULD NOT BE CLEARED FOR INTERNET USE" about 70% through part 6 of that documentary? American hypocrisy is truly stunning.

  3. Re:Proof that rule by a few elite results in stupi by Tomji · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not everybody, quiet a few of us are fed up with the one sided media, same thing happend in Albania with the poor "Albanians".

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSQnK5FcKas

    I think violence against a minority ethnic group is pretty deplorable, and we have seen some of the worst in Tibet by Tibetans against other ethnic groups (and or religions) who make up 6-8% of the population of the TAR.