October 12, 2006
The YouTube Effect

Robert Cox writes a fantastic article about the YouTube censorship of Michelle Malkin's content. YouTube has also limited access to the satirical political video from David Zucker which criticizes the Clinton administration's stances on North Korea and terrorism. If you have not watched this yet, it's definitely worth a look.

What's most concerning is the point in Cox's piece about liberals' control of the largest internet media which are often used for political purposes. Sites like YouTube (now owned by Google) and Google itself are owned by people who ardently support Democrats. These sites are only going to get more prevalent in the political process as people move away from old media sources. There is no "equal access" policies to these media, and the owners are free to censor whatever they want. They have already begun to do so in the case of Malkin, despite the fact that her content contained nothing violating their terms of use.

The political impact of the internet is still evolving, and this is something to watch (pun intended).

Posted by Palouse123 at October 12, 2006 03:39 PM | Email This
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1. I hear that YouTube has removed the restriction from Zucker's video, but didn't have a comment as to why it was restricted in the first place.

I read the article, and you're correct, it's excellent and should be required reading for those that want to understand the censorship of the left.

Posted by: Obi-Wan on October 12, 2006 03:53 PM
2. Nice to see that the pressure caused them to uncensor that video. It was a riot!

Posted by: GS on October 12, 2006 10:35 PM
3. I'm not sure, but I think part of the YouTube restriction is automated - so many complaints in a certain time period and the system automatically flags a video. It can be manually overridden, but apparently only after it's been flagged.

Posted by: SouthernRoots on October 12, 2006 11:00 PM
4. The flagging policy is one thing, however Malkin's content was removed from YouTube by their system administrators. This, not so coincidentally, happened just prior to the Google acquisition.

Posted by: Palouse on October 13, 2006 08:37 AM
5. If you think that is bad check this out. It turns out that the Department of the Interior has banned employees from looking at Conservative blogs during work hours, yet they are free to check out liberal blogs at will.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22919_Dept_of_Interior_Blocking_Conservative_Blogs&only

Check out the list of blogs banned and not banned at the bottom of the story

Posted by: TrueSoldier on October 13, 2006 07:50 PM
6. I'd like to hear Rupert Murdoch's opinion on the matter.

Posted by: skeletor on October 14, 2006 02:37 PM
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