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YouTube censored name of russian opposition leader

32 points by EugeneOZ ↗ HN
Updated YouTube android app returns 500 error for users in Russia, if they try to input name “navalnyi”. Alexey Navalnyi is the leader of russian opposition, person who continuously reveals crimes of Putin and his friends.

Main issue here - old YouTube app works just fine, so filtering is implemented inside the app, not in the network.

It means somebody in YouTube or Google wants to support Putin in his censorship. It’s really awful.

Link to discussion in russian language: https://twitter.com/navalny/status/935818087785476098

Update: added note about user location

5 comments

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juanmirocks
I don't know. I can search him just fine on youtube website.
EugeneOZ
It means you are not in Russia currently.
[dead] revmoo
"Don't be evil"
owebmaster
Google/Youtube and the current fake news crusade don't feel to me like supporting Putin. Pretty much the opposite to me.