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The grave doubts about Google and YouTube

The latest controversy comes from today that if a random code is typed in the Google search box, it will bring up the gas explosion charity dispute in Taiwan, which was used by Kuomintang to smear Chen Chu during the previous presidential election in Taiwan.

What do we see further ahead?

YouTube has been caught red-handed for automatically deleting messages containing the words "communist thief" or "fifty cent army (Wu Mao)" for a long time. According to The Verge's article, Youtube has been deleting the related comments since last October.

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https://www.ithome.com.tw/news/137869

Last month, #GoogleTranslate has suddenly replaced Taiwan wordings with China's wordings with a "community certification" label next to them. Examples include the word “video” will be translated to “Shi Pin” (視頻; instead of “Ying Pian”, 影片) while the word “software” will be translated to “Ruan Jian” (軟件; instead of “Ruan Ti”, 軟體), to list just a few.

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https://www.facebook.com/BerryVoice/posts/3014567928622541

Google put the blame to the Youtube incident on its algorithm, but they haven’t said a word about the translation incident. What will be the excuse of the “Chen Chu, charity fund” incident this time?

I would like to ask: How much longer do Google have to hide behind “the algorithm” explanation ? How much longer do they have to keep us quiet?

Source: Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/551090876/posts/10157093414550877/?d=n

Further reading:
Remove China Apps garners 1 million downloads in India, gets 4.8 stars on Google Play Store 
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/22143
YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/21939

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