Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube
YouTube filtering slurs and hateful memes is not surprising.<p>They would target anything that gets spammed and reduces the quality of discourse (such as it is on YouTube).<p>I see no evidence that China is getting any special treatment here. It was the subject of hateful spam, so now it gets a filter. Same would apply to any other country or topic.<p>From my perspective, the absolutist &quot;freedom of speech&quot;&#x2F;anti-censorship belief is naive. There would be no havens for intelligent communication online without censorship.<p>When an intelligent, well-reasoned critique is deliberately suppressed, protest is warranted.<p>Until then, it&#x27;s shrill and spammy and divisive and ascribes nefarious intent to people simply trying to keep the room clean and is, ironically, best moderated away to preserve the quality of discourse elsewhere.