Google Rejects Australian Censorship Proposal

Xiroth writes "Google has rejected overtures from the Australian government to censor YouTube clips that had been given an RC rating by Australian classification authority, the OFLC. According to a Google spokesperson: 'YouTube has clear policies about what content is not allowed, for example hate speech and pornography, and we enforce these, but we can't give any assurances that we would voluntarily remove all Refused Classification content from YouTube. The scope of RC is simply too broad and can raise genuine questions about restrictions on access to information. RC includes the grey realms of material instructing in any crime from [painting] graffiti to politically controversial crimes such as euthanasia, and exposing these topics to public debate is vital for democracy.'"

Comments

Re:Rating every YouTube video?

[flurdy]

When the current reviewer gets promoted to rating PornTube

Re:I guess Google's gonna have to pull out of

[pitje]

China's pulling out of Australia?

Re:I guess Google's gonna have to pull out of

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Pulling out never works and you still end up with a mess everywhere else.