It's just a little surprising that a respected news site was banned by Google.

Why?....didn't get me even raising an eyebrow....not after their unsightly haste to bend any 'rule' to seek the Chinese 'buck'...

I quit using Google when they banned freedom off their list in China, and started recording info on everyone who uses their search features on their own servers. I use any of several other search engines.

If you really want to get worried, check out this link. Link

If you're in America, you probably cannot watch the video. It was censored by someone. I'm guess it was by someone in the government. I believe the message we get is the same one the Chinese people get when visiting a website through Google that isn't allowed.

The video is a IED (Improvised Explosive Device) that didn't go off, and is being set off by Americans to dispose of it. Why we aren't allowed to watch it, I don't know...

Well Jafo, originally I used the word Trepidation, and then decided to tone it down a little bit.

Mel D, I agree with you I also don’t use Google for searches

Adamness, Uploaders have the option of choosing which countries they want having access to their videos. This particular video was blocked for viewing in the USA by the person who uploaded it. I think this exclusionary practice raises other questions and concerns tho

On a somewhat un-related note. Who believes the "Free Masons" are behind different things like this. Always wanted to ask that but until now no good topics came up..?

Who believes the "Free Masons" are behind different things like this.

Probably the same twits who think the Jews are behind 'things' as well.

They just need a stiff kick up the bum to welcome them to reality.

Google is money-first, moral integrity second, that's all....and since they are 'playing' with data/information gathering/dissemination they are 'playing' with truth and reality, no matter what particular entity/corporation/government is pulling those strings...

If you're in America, you probably cannot watch the video. It was censored by someone. I'm guess it was by someone in the government. I believe the message we get is the same one the Chinese people get when visiting a website through Google that isn't allowed.

Watch out for those black helicopters.

Google has done this with other sites too, mainly anything they've deemed to be containing 'hate speech', including ethnic humor, historical articles about the KKK and other white seperatist groups, (except those presented by the ADL or the Southern Poverty Law Center, or other 'Hate Watch' types of organizations,) even some of the extremist right-to-life groups cannot be located via google.

The only thing more dangerous than censorship is self-censorship.

The sooner the majority realises that Google is a self-serving entity, a law unto and answerable only to itself, the better.
So it offers a couple of handy little services to attract users....but at what cost? And what's covertly going on behind the scenes that honest and decent people would/could not condone?
It's fairly common knowledge that Google has huge databanks of user searches/histories and the like....it's what they do with it, that's the scary question??????

it's what they do with it, that's the scary question??????

for the time being, they aren't handing it over to der fatherland security department.

or so everyone would have you believe.

for the time being, they aren't handing it over to der fatherland security department.

The key words here...."for the time being"

Question is, how much longer before they do, or for some politician to introduce a Bill to enforce it? Seems pointless to have all that user data and no actual use for it, so if not 'Uncle Sam' or other 'big brother', who else are they selling it too? Put it this way, I've noticed a huge reduction of advertising spam in my in-box since ceasing to use Google as my default search engine.

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warning, incredibly obvious statement following...

... Google is a self-serving entity, a law unto and answerable only to itself...

no kidding... last time i checked, all for-profit companies were self-serving, and rightly so. companies are founded to make money, and that's what google has done. would you own a company and act outside of your financial interests?

cal0140, have you ever read Google's motto? I don't want to be accused of taking this out of context, so please see the link at the end of this comment:

"Our informal corporate motto is "Don't be evil." We Googlers generally relate those words to the way we serve our users – as well we should. But being "a different kind of company" means more than the products we make and the business we're building; it means making sure that our core values inform our conduct in all aspects of our lives as Google employees.

The Google Code of Conduct is the code by which we put those values into practice. This document is meant for public consumption, but its most important audience is within our own walls. This code isn't merely a set of rules for specific circumstances but an intentionally expansive statement of principles meant to inform all our actions; we expect all our employees, temporary workers, consultants, contractors, officers and directors to study these principles and do their best to apply them to any and all circumstances which may arise.

The core message is simple: Being Googlers means striving toward the highest possible standard of ethical business conduct. This is a matter as much practical as ethical; we hire great people who work hard to build great products, but our most important asset by far is our reputation as a company that warrants our users' faith and trust. That trust is the foundation upon which our success and prosperity rests, and it must be re-earned every day, in every way, by every one of us."

See Link

Further "b. Honesty Our communications with our users should be appropriately clear and truthful. Our reputation as a company our users can trust is among our most valuable assets, and it is up to all of us to make sure that we nourish that reputation."

Several publicized actions by Google violate the spirit of this standard of ethics. Working with the Chinese government to quash dissidents, censorship of sites, the questionable deal with AOL, etc. are not in keeping with their own standards.

If Google wants their motto to be "We're in it for the money" that is shorter and more to the point.