Chinese Government Takes Down Anti-Pollution Documentary "Under The Dome"

An anonymous reader writes with a link to BBC's report that [A]uthorities in China have removed from websites a popular documentary which highlights the country's severe pollution problem. Under the Dome explains the social and health costs of pollution, and was watched by more than 100 million people online, sparking debates. It was removed just two days after Premier Li Keqiang called pollution a blight on people's lives. Searching YouTube gives you a pretty good idea of what the Chinese government doesn't want people to see.

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[Anonymous Coward]

I guess a link is too much to ask?

Re:It's not censorship

[Zontar The Mindless]

Are you high? Of course it's censorship. A textbook example of it, in fact. Whatever the rationale might be for it does not alter that fact.

Link to videos, with English subtitles

[C3ntaur]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Re:Is wasn't before it was

[poity]

The order to take the videos offline was sent to all media companies. These orders are always secret, but a worker at the office of a Shanghai media company decided to leak the document. In this document, the Public Relations Department (literally Propaganda Dept, but "propaganda" doesn't have negative connotations in Chinese) orders the video taken down and that all media organizations must cease covering the topic. It cites the upcoming Lianghui ("Meeting of Two") government conference, and a pressing need for "online harmony" to precede those governmental deliberations as the reason, saying the public debate has gotten too popular/heated. So it looks like they had a change of mind after seeing the massive response. Report also says the worker has been suspended.
http://www.ftchinese.com/story...
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/c...