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Why Is YouTube Censoring David Bowie’s SFW New Music Video?
Here we go again. After Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” video was pulled from YouTube last month, David Bowie’s latest video from his new album “The Next Day” has been pulled from YouTube for violating the site’s Terms of Service as pointed out by Billboard. But it’s unclear why.
Not Safe For YouTube: How Google Draws The Line Between Porn And Art [NSFW]
Last weekend, YouTube yanked a popular music video from Robin Thicke, which featured a number of topless models prancing to the rather upbeat track. The video for “Blurred Lines” had garnered more than one million views before it was found to be in violation of the video sharing service’s community guidelines regarding Sex and Nudity. A few days later, the VEVO upload of the same uncensored music video was pulled down about 30 minutes after we first noticed that it was still available on YouTube.
Iran’s Blocking VPNs To Tighten Its Stranglehold On The Internet
Iran and the internet don’t exactly get along. Between trying to shut down all Google services and replacing YouTube with a state-sponsored clone, Iran has been making moves to make its intranet the place to be. By blocking everything else. Until now, tech-savvy and internet-loving Iranians have been able to use VPNs to get out into the internet wilds, but no longer.
How China Censors Its Twitter So Quickly
Twitter is a great place to say stupid things. Worst case scenario is that you look like an idiot. In China, things are a bit different; thousands of censors trawl the nation’s Twitter-clone Weibo, quashing pesky dissent with lightning reflexes. And although China doesn’t share its methods, computer scientists have been able to figure out just how wildly efficient the process must be.
