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Censorship by Google

Google and its subsidiary companies, such as YouTube, have removed or omitted information from its services in order to comply with company policies, legal demands, and government censorship laws.[1]

Numerous governments have asked Google to censor content. In 2012, Google ruled in favor of more than half the requests they received via court orders and phone calls. This did not include China or Iran, who completely blocked the site or one of its subsidiary companies.[2]

Russian invasion of Ukraine[edit]

In early March 2022, contractors who were working for Google and preparing translations for the Russian market received an update from Google: "Effective immediately, the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine could no longer be referred to as a war but rather only vaguely as 'extraordinary circumstances.'"[166][167] Thus, Google was trying to protect itself from Russian sanctions, as well as its employees from persecution within Russia, in connection with the new law, which provided up to 15 years in prison for any information about the war against Ukraine, except when officially announced by the Kremlin.[168]


Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, Google has been blocking Russian state-funded media such as RT and Sputnik,[169] and has also extended its censorship to non state-funded media outlets such as RBK by banning them entirely from the video-hosting platform YouTube. Thus said, Google has been blocking all Russian news outlets, citing that it represents a violation of their terms of services. Note that YouTube is a publicly owned forum where freedom of speech does not necessarily apply,[170] which means that Google decided to use its capabilities in this case of Russian aggression. Google also acted upon a request of the European Union.[171]

Criticism of Google

YouTube Premium § Licensing terms and content blocking

Discontinued Google services

Internet censorship

Network neutrality

Dragonfly (search engine)

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"'The lolicon guy': Some observations on researching unpopular topics in Japan"

Kittredge, Katharine (2014). "Lethal Girls Drawn for Boys: Girl Assassins in Manga/Anime and Comics/Film". . 39 (4): 506–532 [524]. doi:10.1353/chq.2014.0059. S2CID 143630310.

Children's Literature Association Quarterly

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"Australia's 'child-abuse material' legislation, internet regulation and the juridification of the imagination"

A list of links affected by the EU "Right to be Forgotten" ruling

hiddenfromgoogle.com

Blogspot Down in Pakistan.

Pakistan v/s Google Products