Google and Censorship Update - Latest

[ravan]

Well, now the error message has changed, and is a bit more explanatory.

It was "This video is not playable in your country.", now it is "We're sorry, but the provider of this video, not Google, has chosen to disable playback in your location.".

The fact that this can be enabled, however, still doesn't say much for Google. It makes censorship a "click" away.

However, it isn't government censorship, although it could be used for such.

Comments

[ravan.livejournal.com]

The problem is, there is no law against corporate censorship, unfortunately. The first amendment covers the right of people to speak without "congress" making laws against it.

Companies can, and do, make policies for employees and the public all the time. You're right, we have no recourse to overcome it - except boycotts, competition, and getting a strong voting bloc of stock (lots of people with cash who think the same way.) These often are not enough against organizations that are so large that they dwarf the size of most state governments.

AT&T recently came back together, under SBC. Microsoft has more control over what you see or do on your computer than Uncle Sam does.

The government is usually beholden to the corporations, anyway, via lobbyists. It hasn't really answer to the people in years.