When Google Decides To Block A Video

    There is a real strangeness to Google blocking access to Sam Bacile's controversial YouTube video, cited in deadly protests in Egypt and Libya: "Its policy is to remove content only if it is hate speech, violating its terms of service, or if it is responding to valid court orders or government requests. And it said it had determined that under its own guidelines, the video was not hate speech."

    Matt Buchanan
    by Matt Buchanan

    BuzzFeed Staff

    When Google Decides To Block A Video

    nytimes.com

    There is a real strangeness to Google blocking access to Sam Bacile's controversial YouTube video, cited in deadly protests in Egypt and Libya: "Its policy is to remove content only if it is hate speech, violating its terms of service, or if it is responding to valid court orders or government requests. And it said it had determined that under its own guidelines, the video was not hate speech."