Google Baulks at Conroy’s Call to Censor YouTube

Google says it will not voluntarily comply with the government’s request that it censor YouTube videos in accordance with broad refused classification (RC) content rules. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy referred to Google’s censorship on behalf of the Chinese and Thai governments in making his case for the company to impose censorship locally. Google warns this would lead to the removal of many politically controversial, but harmless, YouTube clips