Google-Owned YouTube Censors Criticism of Islam -- but not of Christianity

[motherwell]

...oh, and videos of Americans getting killed are okay too.

From Slashdot, via both Secular Blasphemy and Andrew Sullivan:

...the Google property has recently banned the popular atheist commentator Nick Gisburne. [YouTube profile "suspended."] Gisburne had been posting videos with logical arguments against Christian beliefs; but when he turned

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[motherwell]

Thanx on both counts. I'm sure I won't be the only one making an icon of a "trerrorist image." (Or maybe we should be calling it an "image of interest.")

It seems like we have freedom of speech...

[tweakoncoffee]

until the profit owner decides something is problematic.

Motherwell, I found this blog from a comment at Pollard's site. I don't use my livejournal account very often anymore, but I thought it worth commenting here. I like Google, to a point, but I don't like the censoring on YouTube nor how they appease the Chinese gov't in the suppression of free speech and freedom to search for information.

I'm glad you wrote Google. Did they respond?

Re: It seems like we have freedom of speech...

[motherwell]

Not so far. After this time, I really don't expect any response from them.