Censorship on YouTube
Yesterday YouTube, a Google company, removed the latest video posted by Pat Condell. I got to see the video even before it got banned. All that Pat had argued about on his video, is that sharia law is now accepted practice in the UK and that this should be opposed by signing a petition. Check the video for yourself:
or just browse through all his videos on the FREE video site BLIP.tv
I am all for freedom of religion. I do not always agree with what Pat says, I don't agree at all with sharia law. But when anyone starts censoring someone for their opinions my blood starts to boil. I will not tolerate this behavior by a company that brags that it "does no evil". Until the Pat Condell video is unblocked by YouTube I will not use ANY of the products provided by Google. I will not click on any advertisement provided by Google. I will stop using, Google News, Maps and Reader. I hope you follow me in this boycott.And if that was all, it seems that the censorship is endemic, especially hitting atheists/agnostics. Please view the videos from TheAmazingAtheist on this topic:
Still undecided? If a voice as humorous and high profile as Pat Condell's can be silenced when asking people to sign a legal petition, who's going to hear our voices, we little people?
Update: And after the outrage, YouTube unblocked Pat's video today (4th of october 2008). Thanks to everyone who wrote to YouTube and Google to complain.
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