Posted on 10/17/2017 6:20:12 PM PDT by RohanKapoor
YouTube has suspended the video account of popular Chinese dissident Guo Wengui amid a mounting pressure from the Beijing government to silence one of its critics.
According to a person familiar with the action, YouTube issued what the company calls a "strike" against Guo, who since the beginning of the year has created an online sensation by posting lengthy videos in which he reveals details of corruption by senior Chinese officials.
The suspension involves a 90-day block on any new live-stream postings of videos and was the result of a complaint made against a recent Guo video for alleged harassment.
The identity of the person or institution who issued the complaint could not be learned.
The video in question has been removed and no details were available on what prompted the action.
Other videos by Guo posted prior to the suspension remain accessible.
Guo has become widely popular throughout the world among Chinese and others who see him as a leading figure advocating for democratic political reform in China. His YouTube videos were widely circulated in China and around the world despite censorship restrictions.
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“When Beijing speaks, people listen!”
It’s kind of disturbing that the ChiComs have so much power over silicon Vally. But I guess there is a lot to lose if they piss the Chinese off.
Google toes the communist line.
Seems very newsworthy that they would censor these videos.
Maybe the word censor should only be used when the government does it, but I think youtube is such a big org that they have near government power to control info
More reason for competing venues.
How is liveleaks doing?
Could it work for this?
Hmmm....
Only an anti Guo Wengui video on liveleak.com.
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