China blocks YouTube access

[mackycoi]

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Mar 25, 2009
By Dylan Bushell-Embling
telecomasia.net

The Chinese government has blocked access to Google's YouTube, despite asserting that it does not “fear the internet”.

The video sharing site has been unavailable to Chinese web users since late Monday, Google has confirmed.

There is speculation that the site has been blocked because it has a video released by the Tibetan government in exile of soldiers beating Tibetan monks, the BBC said.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Qin Gang told reporters yesterday that “[m]any people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact it is just the opposite.” He said he did not know that YouTube had been blocked.

According to Google, both the Google and YouTube have previously been blocked in China for short periods of time, with Chinese authorities in the past blocking access to certain videos.

The Chinese government in January began a crackdown of what the government calls “vulgar” websites. Under the crackdown, 91 sites were blocked in just three days. China warned Google and Chinese search engine Baidu that they needed to do more to censor “inappropriate content.”
Several sites popular with Tibetans were also blocked in the crackdown, Reuters said.

[L1Technician]

KJ kaayo ni mga Chinesse ba. Like sa pag padung palang sa Olympics daghan website gi block nila to avoid bad news break out.

[cliff_drew]

I believe there is a privacy issue related to this one as we all know that Youtube has been used as a medium to carry video of soldiers beating monks and other Tibetans.

[L1Technician]

Privacy diay tawag ana kung ipagawas nila ang video nga gikulata ang mga Tibetans? The right word for it is "media blackout".

OT
Wala diay magamit ang pina Shaolin sa mga monks nga kasagaran salida sauna sa TV nga mga master's nila sa Karate mga monks man.

[cliff_drew]

Privacy diay tawag ana kung ipagawas nila ang video nga gikulata ang mga Tibetans? The right word for it is "media blackout".

OT
Wala diay magamit ang pina Shaolin sa mga monks nga kasagaran salida sauna sa TV nga mga master's nila sa Karate mga monks man.

That's what I mean bro, privacy. And they are not the one who posted these videos in Youtube. Btw, here's a concrete definition of the word "privacy".

Source: privacy - Wiktionary

privacy (uncountable)

The state of being private; the state of not being seen by others.

[handsoff241]

ugh. chinese and their government now i hate them more, they are that desperate to keep their dirty image clean.

[L1Technician]

Privacy - The state of being private; the state of not being seen by others.

Using a word "privacy" it really depends on the situation.

Ex.
Chinese soldier's beat's Tibetan monks. Chinese government blocks Youtube. (This is not a privacy situation, they're trying to block the media/people to spread the videos using Youtube to hide the unlawful beating of Tibetan monks.)

Ex.
Presidential daughter doesn't want to be interviewed. She don't want to see her face in magazine or newspaper. (That's privacy)

[cliff_drew]

Privacy - The state of being private; the state of not being seen by others.

Using a word "privacy" it really depends on the situation.

Agree. I guess "media blackout" really fits. Thanks!