China Blocks YouTube, Again

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @03:05AM from the well-played-well-played dept.

cryfreedomlove brings news that YouTube has once again been blocked in China. The Google-owned video site was censored in China last year because of videos about the protests in Tibet, and that may be the impetus behind this latest restriction. According to a New York Times report, "'The instant speculation is that YouTube is being blocked because the Tibetan government in exile released a particular video,' said Xiao Qiang, adjunct professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley... Mr. Xiao said that the blocking of YouTube fit with what appeared to be an effort by China to step up its censorship of the Internet in recent months. Mr. Xiao said he was not surprised that YouTube was a target. It also hosts videos about the Tiananmen Square protests and many other subjects that Chinese authorities find objectionable."

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FP by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-25 03:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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1. Re:FP by interested+pyro · 2009-03-25 03:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  srry kid. gotta be faster on the mouse... for now, I am the fastest clicker in this part of the web....
2. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-25 03:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  No, you anc't have fp.
  Not yours.
Re:In soviet ... by Hasney · 2009-03-25 03:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In Soviet Slashdot, karma burns you!
Re:Screw China. by denzacar · 2009-03-25 03:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Shut up with your Asian fetish already!
We get it! You like Asians, OK, fine.

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Re:first by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-25 04:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

die in a fire you lying fascist republitard twatwaffle sack of shit, no wonder your handle is "hitler"...
WHOOSH! by denzacar · 2009-03-25 04:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

WHOOSH!

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