Youtube decided to remove the videos that had been posted on the site earlier on which led to the complete ban of the website ordered by a Turkish court. The main question that arises from the series of events is of course if Youtube made the right decision by removing the video in question. Or to bring this into a broader perspective: Should a website give in to the demands of a third party to remove content because it might be considered offensive to that party ?
Can it be that Youtube will now receive many threats of that kind from offended parties ? Could Greeks demand that Turkish nationalistic movies are removed ? Germans that World War II movies, US-Americans that Vietnam, Iraqis that Gulf War, Al-Quaida that 911 movies are removed ? Where is the limit ? May every country and group demand the removal of movies no matter the content, no matter if it is perfectly legal in the United States ?
I think this was a bad decision not only by Youtube who will probably face a lot of demands from now on but also for Turkey who once more have shown that they tend to overreact in such matters. Would not it be possible to either ignore the movie or discuss it openly like it should have been done ? Banning is in my opinion always a sign of fear..
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[...] Mentre ancora non si comprende bene quale sarà il futuro di YouTube, qualcuno ha trovato il modo per recuperare i video cancellati su YouTube perchè censurati: ho testato velocemente il servizio [...]
Well, are the videos still on the servers?
“How to view deleted Youtube Videos”.
If so, Turkey would be really pissed off.
I thought about it as well but had no way to test it.
Ok, that’s great, but maybe these things are taken more seriously in Turkey than in America. A country with less population is usually more focused on some issue than a 300 million people country like the US because there is more space for people to have their own opinions in America.