Google denies monitoring accord with Israeli government
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-google-denies-accord-israeli.html
Internet giant Google on Monday denied a report from
Israel's foreign ministry that it has reached an agreement with
the government to jointly monitor YouTube videos inciting
attacks. The ministry last week said that Google, which owns
YouTube, had agreed a joint mechanism to monitor online
materials--including videos encouraging attacks on
Israelis--after a meeting between Google executives and the
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely. But the firm
said no such agreement had been struck.
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This is much more in line with my expectations. Google has carefully
defined rules and procedures for content review/removal, and it wasn't
making sense to me that there would be a separate/different agreement
with Israel on this. Looks like the Israeli Foreign Ministry was
engaged in a bit of wishful thinking.
--Lauren--
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