G*ogle Censoring Criticism of Islam again
Posted on November 2, 2007
Robert Spencer of “Jihad Watch” comments:
“The indefatigable Harrison Sonntag of Dartmouth notifies me that Google has removed the video of my talk at Dartmouth, with this explanation: “As set forth in the Terms & Conditions, Google Video is not required to host or display uploaded content. Google Video may refuse to host content that violates its policies”
G*ogle then lists the things that violate its policies, none of which apply to the video concerned — which was a factual exposition of Muslim teachings drawn from the Koran and other Islamic sources.
See Spencer’s full post here — including a non-G*ogle link to the speech.
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3 Responses to “G*ogle Censoring Criticism of Islam again”
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What’s the matter, you don’t like free enterprise? Don’t think the company has the right to do what they want with their own site?
Take a few seconds to read the terms of agreement. You aren’t allowed to post things that are abusive of other people or other racial groups, regardless of the truth value. For example, you can’t post a video describing the sexual misactivities of your ex-, even if every word of it is true; and you can’t post your anti-Muslim screed, even if every word of it is true.
The company has every financial incentive not to allow this sort of speech because it quickly leads to lawsuits which are expensive.
That’s free enterprise for you. If you don’t like it, you are free to set up your own video hosting site.
MOM !!
the google kids are being bad again make them stop
It requires repeating, of course, that, in the First Amendment sense, private companies cannot “censure,” only the government can. So your headline for this is inaccurate as well as the “1st Amendment” tag. Also, I can’t see what this has to do with “Liberal Media/Bias.”