In response to @scrowder’s video today about @TeamYouTube censorship only in USA, I decided to use HMA VPN with a static URL parameter to confirm or deny this theory.
I was quite certain the theory would be untrue, as surely YouTube wouldn’t so brazen as to only censor in USA.
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First we have the US results, the left is New York, the right is Seattle. Here is the URL parameter used: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=change+my+mind+crowder …pic.twitter.com/P3Xa77fK0d
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Next we have two of the EU results: Germany, Netherlandspic.twitter.com/74cyvUbHlY
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Now we move on to the next results: UK, Czech Republicpic.twitter.com/brgXSyOXNi
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I also used my own private EU proxies & got same results. HMA can be used as a free way to see this in action for those who don’t have proxies.
I can say with certainty that @TeamYouTube is censoring results only in USA, or is running a completely different algorithm in the USA.
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