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[Image: screencap of a YouTube message saying, “This content is not available in your country due to a government removal request.”]

In a frightening example of how the state is tightening its grip around the “free” Internet, it has emerged that You Tube is complying with thousands of requests from governments to censor and remove videos that show protests and other examples of citizens simply asserting their rights, while also deleting search terms by government mandate.

 

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oh fucks no!

This is the UK government, just to be clear, as the Tumblr post doesn’t say which government it is. (Though, as the article states, the US and many others are doing this sort of thing as well.)