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Comment by throwaway29812 | Hacker News Reader

> Youtube took down every channel that didn't agree with the US government/Uncle Joe on Russia/Nato/Ukraine, at least.

No they didn't, they stopped actively promoting them. Not the same thing.

Are you online demanding VK and other Russian social media give equal reach to MSNBC and CNN? If you're not, you should.

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I guess you could say that removing all their content and/or shutting down complete channels and/or accounts is 'just not actively promoting them' -- but you wouldn't really be telling the truth then, would you?

Regarding VK and Russian social media, I'm a US-American, so i'm mostly concerned with what US companies do -- because they're much more destructive, and I can do a lot more about them.

i was just reminded of another way YouTube and other organizations censor info that is not friendly to the US government/elite -- mark certain videos or channels as 'Mature', like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFKG8S7K0wM

...The message:

  Video unavailable
  
  This video is unavailable with Restricted Mode enabled. To view this video, you will need to disable Restricted Mode.

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