5-27 ”It's not just censorship in China, they're censoring Americans; Google's YouTube is censoring Americans who are critical of the Communist Party," the Missouri Republican said on Fox News' "Fox and Friends."
In his letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai Wednesday, Hawley called the deletions "censorship at the behest of the Chinese Communist Party," reports Business Insider. Google says the deletions have been accidental and that it is working to fix the problem.
Sen. Hawley asked in the letter that Google explain when it first became aware of the deletions and to explain discussions about the terms. He also asked Pichai to explain if the company or its partners had discussions with members or representatives of the Chinese Communist Party. https://www.newsmax.com/politics/josh-hawley-twitter-youtube-censorship/2020/05/27/id/969246/
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5-26 Comments on YouTube videos containing the terms 共匪 (Gòngfěi), meaning "communist bandit," and 五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng), meaning "fifty-cent party," are automatically deleted from the site shortly after they are posted. The latter is a derogatory term referring to Chinese internet censors who are allegedly paid 50 cents for every internet post that they erase.
A YouTube spokeswoman acknowledged to the Washington Free Beacon that the website's algorithm has been deleting any comments containing either of the two terms within seconds of their submission. She blamed "an error in our enforcement mechanism" for the deletions, rather than an effort to stymie criticism of the authoritarian government. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/youtube-censors-criticism-of-china/
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