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| Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip |
| 2012-09-16 |
| [Al Ahram] Google ...contributed $814,540 to the 2008 Obama campaign... Inc rejected a request by the White House on Friday to reconsider its decision to keep online a controversial YouTube movie clip that has ignited anti-American protests in the Middle East. The Internet company said it was censoring the video in India and Indonesia after blocking it on Wednesday in Egypt and Libya, where U.S. embassies have been stormed by protestors enraged over depiction of the Prophet Mohammad as a fraud and philanderer. On Tuesday, the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in a fiery siege on the embassy in Benghazi. Google said it was further restricting the clip to comply with local law rather than as a response to political pressure. "We've restricted access to it in countries where it is illegal such as India and Indonesia, as well as in Libya and Egypt, given the very sensitive situations in these two countries," the company said. "This approach is entirely consistent with principles we first laid out in 2007." White House officials had asked Google earlier on Friday to reconsider whether the video had violated YouTube's terms of service. The guidelines can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines. Google initially said on Wednesday that the video was within its guidelines. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Nakoula has been arrested now. Soon he'll ask Youtube to remove the film himself. Later, his family will be billed for the cost of bullet that kills him. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2012-09-16 22:56 |
| #7 Perhaps Obama should notices that weakness is not respected by Arabs or corporate allies. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-09-16 20:31 |
| #6 If Google pulls the film, it is immediately forgotten and quickly irrelevant. This is NOT the goal of the current administration. To be an effective distraction and scape goat, the film must continue to simmer and seeth. The film is the foundation of their "spontaneous events" strategy. Take spontaneous away and you must answer some very pressing intelligence questions. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-16 17:32 |
| #5 Google is doing what is best for Google. They'll kowtow to China, because that's where they think their biggest market is. They'll restrict access in other places because they either have a market toe-hold in that country or it's yet untapped. As for the White House, it's either to keep from alienating their customer base, or because it will set a unwanted precedent after Mr. Obama leaves office. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-09-16 16:09 |
| #4 Champ must be way out in left field if even his good pals at Google won't do him a favor. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2012-09-16 15:38 |
| #3 All O has to do is talk to the Chinese and find out how they got Google to cave so quickly. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-09-16 15:31 |
| #2 I still won't use any of their crummy products or services, but you have to wonder if they are still supporting the leftist political dark side in America with the same fervor as they so recently had... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2012-09-16 11:58 |
| #1 It's a piece of hack job film that your high school student would get an F for for the quality and content of the presentation. However we are supposedly to have a constitutional right to say anything in this wonderful country. |
| Posted by: texhooey 2012-09-16 05:06 |