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YouTube is an American company.
by tvphan 5y ago
YouTube is an American company.
- refurb 5y agoYou don’t think they had any discussion with the AUS govt
- nineteen999 5y agoThe current Australian Federal Government is a right wing conservative coalition, and the Murdoch media has traditionally been their mouthpiece here.
- refurb 5y agoBut current federal govt supports the lockdowns right?
- nineteen999 5y agoSort of - in this case they have no choice. They previously held up New South Wales as the "gold standard" in contract tracing and halting the spread of the virus; so if the NSW Government says they have to lock down, the Federal Government pretty much has to go along with it. But you can be sure that as soon as NSW's case numbers come down enough, the Federal Government will pressure them to start lifting restrictions, as they did towards the end of Victoria's 4 month lockdown last year.
- tomhoward 5y agoThe federal government is very reluctantly accepting of these lockdowns, having been strongly opposed to lockdowns previously in states governed by the opposing party. They are not so supportive that they would conspire with YouTube to censor Sky News, which is their most friendly media outlet in the country.