YouTube has censored videos from a human rights group for calling the treatment of Uyghurs "genocide". The group's channel with more than 11,000 videos on YouTube totaling over 120 million views is being censored by Google at the request of the CCP - https://t.co/HTneyu9E1A
— Florian Witulski (@vaitor) June 26, 2021
Unbelievable.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 25, 2021
Gone are the days of Google's "Don't be evil" slogan. In 2021, Google covers up for evil and ongoing genocide the CCP is conducting. https://t.co/YI34pdEx4B
A human rights group that attracted millions of views on YouTube to testimonies from people who say their families disappeared in China's Xinjiang region is moving its videos to Odysee after some were removed by the streaming giant, sources told @Reuters https://t.co/Z1rhAsX3RY pic.twitter.com/F6Czt5B694
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 25, 2021
Earlier this month, Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights, a YouTube channel with thousands of testimonies of family members of those detained in Xinjiang, was temporarily taken offline.
— Eileen Guo (@eileenguo) June 24, 2021
I asked @YouTube why. Story in @techreview this morning: https://t.co/rp20CsIx1P
China is actively sowing disinformation to cover up and deny genocide in Xinjiang. Incredible work from @jeffykao, @zhonggg, @paulmozur and the teams at @propublica and @nytimes. This one’s a must-read https://t.co/Cci54qWYtL
— Nick Monaco ? (@_NickMonaco) June 25, 2021
While Youtube take down videos about the CCP prosecution of Muslims, they and every other tech companies keep up Uyghur Genocide Denial videos while removing Holocaust denial videos. https://t.co/iYFVbwO9KY
— Derrick Nguyen (@Locadoes) June 26, 2021
Please read this.
— Students for a Free Tibet (@SFTHQ) June 25, 2021
It is vital to understand how the Chinese government manipulates platforms like @Twitter to spread propaganda about #Uyghurs.https://t.co/vZDnNFZTXi
YouTube has been blocking videos from a group that posts testimonies from Turkic Muslims whose relatives have disappeared into China's vast detention centers for forced indoctrination in Xinjiang. https://t.co/Y7A1O4UIes pic.twitter.com/yVOgU9sKxK
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) June 26, 2021
YouTube disappeared a large portion of an archive of Kazakh testmonies about family members imprisoned in China's internment camps, only restoring some without public explanation after MIT Technology Review pestered them with questions. https://t.co/xrQNz3Kr4f pic.twitter.com/m67ooe2Eug
— Zach Weissmueller (@TheAbridgedZach) June 26, 2021
“We are very free,” the retiree said.
— ProPublica (@propublica) June 27, 2021
“We are very free now,” the store owner said.
“We are very, very free here,” the taxi driver said.
Thousands of videos. One elaborate propaganda campaign.https://t.co/7SAUGs1SWc
Shameful behaviour from @YouTube and @Google. They are actively appeasing authoritarian abuses. #Xinjiang #UyghurGenocide
— Idrees Ahmad (@im_PULSE) June 26, 2021
https://t.co/8ylLaqYnRi
YouTube shuts Xinjiang videos pushing human rights group to seek backup on little-known service Odysee https://t.co/OJaSYBzIYL pic.twitter.com/RQY9nhLRSp
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 26, 2021
YouTube blocked testimonials about missing #Uyghurs in #China ?
— ??????????™☢️ ͬ ͤ ᷮ ͦ ͬ ͭ ᷤ (@Kaala_Nag) June 28, 2021
A report from MIT Technology Review has detailed that a human rights group had its videos documenting testimonies about missing Uygh#rs in Ch!na blocked on YouTube as they contained ID cardshttps://t.co/wctpdpXfmY
YouTube blocked testimonials about missing Uyghurs in China: Report https://t.co/RoRxVkdQI9 by @campbell_kwan
— ZDNet (@ZDNet) June 28, 2021
Thank you @RepKenBuck for your continued bipartisan work to create a fair digital marketplace for developers and consumers. More in @washingtonpost: https://t.co/0sSv8cGO9c
— Coalition for App Fairness (@appfairness) June 28, 2021
#YouTube takes down #China #Xinjiang videos, forcing Rights group to seek alternative. Videos was attempting to document #HumanRights abuses in #EastTurkistan by #China CCP. #Uighurs #UighurGenocide#OpCCP https://t.co/ekaqP91m1L pic.twitter.com/kZrKlCbbE7
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNote) June 28, 2021
Google openly supporting CCP - EXCLUSIVE YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos, forcing rights group to seek alternative https://t.co/3MxpaU0xIV
— Kash Patel ?? ? (@KASHPatel__) June 25, 2021
The victims deserved to be heard, not silenced. https://t.co/QeWLnsoePL
— Victims of Communism (@VoCommunism) June 25, 2021
Activist group @HumanKazakh is moving 1000s of video testimonies of people whose relatives disappeared in Xinjiang it held on @YouTube to little-known @OdyseeTeam -"I never trusted YouTube," co-founder Serikzhan Bilash told Reuters.
— Victoria Waldersee (@v_waldersee) June 25, 2021
Scoop w/ @peard33: https://t.co/dlUTI78Ifj
EXCLUSIVE YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos, forcing rights group to seek alternative https://t.co/5362ATKdBr
— Samuel Chu 朱牧民 (@samuelmchu) June 26, 2021
YouTube has been blocking videos from a group that posts testimonies from Turkic Muslims whose relatives have disappeared into China's vast detention centers for forced indoctrination in Xinjiang. https://t.co/Y7A1O4UIes pic.twitter.com/yVOgU9sKxK
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) June 26, 2021
Shameful behaviour from @YouTube and @Google. They are actively appeasing authoritarian abuses. #Xinjiang #UyghurGenocide
— Idrees Ahmad (@im_PULSE) June 26, 2021
https://t.co/8ylLaqYnRi
EXCLUSIVE YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos, forcing rights group to seek alternative https://t.co/BLYuuYfJVI
— Paul Singh (@Paul1Singh) June 28, 2021
“A human rights group that attracted millions of views on YouTube to testimonies from people who say their families have disappeared in China's Xinjiang region is moving its videos to little-known service Odysee after some were taken down.” https://t.co/lYoZOCCVgu
— Ted Gioia (@tedgioia) June 27, 2021
Exclusive: YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos, forces rights group to seek alternative https://t.co/1ddphG4920
— Reuters China (@ReutersChina) June 25, 2021
#CyberDigest | YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos, forcing rights group to seek alternative | Victoria Waldersee Paresh Dave | https://t.co/AUEaYLejpk
— ASPI Cyber Policy (@ASPI_ICPC) June 28, 2021
Human rights videos pulled from YouTubehttps://t.co/8ZhieJoSGA
— David Vorick (@DavidVorick) June 27, 2021
The CCP is successful in its propaganda campaign which denies and censors its crimes against humanity of #Uighur Muslims
— Justice for All Canada (JFAC) (@justiceforallcn) June 27, 2021
Disappointed that @YouTube would make it even harder for Uighurs to tell their stories and raise awareness of the #genocide. https://t.co/lEN9SrZi46
This is the second time this has happened in a week. YouTube also reversed a ban on a prominent channel that advocated for the rights of Muslims in Xinjiang https://t.co/XZ1zr77lVj
— Gerrit De Vynck (@GerritD) June 28, 2021
How YouTube’s rules are used to silence human rights activists https://t.co/HJoXXLSh19
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 28, 2021
"For over a week now, a corner of YouTube frequented by Kazakh dissidents and close observers of human rights in Xinjiang has been only intermittently available." Read more by @eileenguo in @techreview: https://t.co/GTgvKwkqOP
— Fight for the Future (@fightfortheftr) June 28, 2021
Kazakh Human RIghts documents stories about camps in Xinjiang. Youtube dropped them on a technicality.
— grin (@grin_io) June 24, 2021
We're honored to host these testimonials on @LBRYcom: https://t.co/YJKhm6FpW1
If powerful people may not like your content, it's not safe on youtubehttps://t.co/ly3lT7YU4K
YouTube disappeared a large portion of an archive of Kazakh testmonies about family members imprisoned in China's internment camps, only restoring some without public explanation after MIT Technology Review pestered them with questions. https://t.co/xrQNz3Kr4f pic.twitter.com/m67ooe2Eug
— Zach Weissmueller (@TheAbridgedZach) June 26, 2021
How #YouTube’s rules are used to silence #HumanRights activists.https://t.co/I66fN5LtaX pic.twitter.com/5dNnPORTWi
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNote) June 26, 2021