{"id":575280,"date":"2021-06-28T10:50:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575280"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:50:36","slug":"youtube-censored-videos-uncovering-chinas-persecution-of-uighur-muslims-in-xinjiang-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-censored-videos-uncovering-chinas-persecution-of-uighur-muslims-in-xinjiang-province\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Censored Videos Uncovering China\u2019s Persecution Of Uighur Muslims In Xinjiang Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyoutube-censored-videos-uncovering-chinas-persecution-of-uighur-muslims-in-xinjiang-province%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1153801501-1-e1624890900394.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>YouTube took down multiple videos from a human rights organization\u2019s channel working to expose China\u2019s human rights abuses according to an exclusive report from Reuters. The video publishing platform claimed the videos violating their guidelines against \u201ccyberbullying and harassment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights\u2019 channel was working to uncover and document the widespread human rights abuses in China\u2019s Xinjiang province and has published nearly 11,000 videos with over 120 million views since 2017 on the Google-owned platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thousands of these videos \u201cfeature people speaking to camera about relatives they say have disappeared without a trace in China\u2019s Xinjiang region,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/exclusive-youtube-takes-down-xinjiang-videos-forces-rights-group-seek-2021-06-25\/\"><span>Reuters<\/span><\/a><span> reported, \u201cwhere UN experts and rights groups estimate over a million people have been detained in recent years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOn June 15, the channel was blocked for violating YouTube\u2019s guidelines, according to a screenshot seen by Reuters, after twelve of its videos had been reported for breaching its \u2018cyberbullying and harassment\u2019 policy,\u201d the report continued. \u201cThe channel\u2019s administrators had appealed the blocking of all twelve videos between April and June, with some reinstated \u2014 but YouTube did not provide an explanation as to why others were kept out of public view, the administrators told Reuters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Reuters, the outlet contacted YouTube to investigate the decision. YouTube then restored the account on June 18, \u201cexplaining that it had received multiple so-called \u2018strikes\u2019 for videos which contained people holding up ID cards to prove they were related to the missing, violating a YouTube policy which prohibits personally identifiable information from appearing in its content.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>YouTube had reportedly requested that the IDs be blurred, with Atajurt reluctant to do so, \u201cconcerned that doing so would jeopardize the trustworthiness of the videos.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following YouTube\u2019s actions, the human rights group has decided to back up its video content to Odysee, \u201c a website built on a blockchain protocol called LBRY, designed to give creators more control.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is another excuse every day. I never trusted YouTube,\u201d Serikzhan Bilash, one of Atajurt\u2019s founders, told Reuters in a phone interview. \u201cBut we\u2019re not afraid anymore, because we are backing ourselves up with LBRY. The most important thing is our material\u2019s safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/6\/27\/22552714\/youtube-google-took-down-videos-human-rights-abuses-china-xinjiang-uyghur\">The Verge<\/a> noted, a spokesperson for YouTube said the company\u2019s harassment policy \u201cclearly prohibits content revealing someone\u2019s personally identifiable information, including their government identification or phone numbers,\u201d and that its policies are enforced \u201cequally for everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After acknowledging that there was no malicious intent behind the release of the videos, the spokesperson said, \u201cUpon careful review of their appeal, we reinstated the channel and are working with Atajurt Kazakh to explain our policies so they can make the best decisions for their channel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On June 10, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/06\/china-draconian-repression-of-muslims-in-xinjiang-amounts-to-crimes-against-humanity\/\">Amnesty International<\/a> documented the \u201cDraconian repression of Muslims in Xinjiang,\u201d arguing that the regime\u2019s actions amount to \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China\u2019s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChinese authorities have built one of the world\u2019s most sophisticated surveillance systems and a vast network of hundreds of grim \u2018transformation-through-education\u2019 centres \u2014 actually, internment camps \u2014 throughout Xinjiang. Torture and other ill-treatment is systematic in the camps and every aspect of daily life is regimented in an effort to forcibly instill a secular, homogeneous Chinese nation and Communist party ideals,\u201d Amnesty International added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span> member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube took down multiple videos from a human rights organization\u2019s channel working to expose China\u2019s human rights abuses according to an exclusive report from Reuters. 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