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Monday, March 17. 2008 at 11:30 AM EDT 2 comments

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YouTube Inc. was blocked in China this Sunday after videos from protests in Tibet were uploaded to the site.

The Chinese government blocked access to YouTube to control what the public can see from protests on Friday in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, against Chinese rule. Neither Toudou or Youkou, Chinese video-sharing sites, hosted videos from the protest.

Videos appeared on YouTube on Saturday featuring news reports about the protests as well as photo montages of Tibetan protests in other countries.

China's online population is booming with 210 current Internet-enabled users. This number is expected to exceed the number of Internet users in the United States. Foreign news and human rights Websites are frequently blocked in China depending on their content.

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), which owns YouTube, has yet to respond, but when a technology-enabled country the size of China decides to block YouTube, what will be blocked next?

Elsewhere:

Creator of the Web, says no to net tracking. Tim Berners-Lee is coming down on systems that track user behavior (like for targeting advertisements) on the Internet, and said that he would change his ISP in the event it happened.

Photo-sharing site Flickr will launch video in April. The Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO)-owned Flickr has been coy about adding video for a few years now but looks ready to make the dive. Flickr video will not replace Yahoo Video.

Radiohead launches In Rainbows video contest. Ten semifinalists chosen by Aniboom, TBD Records, and Adult Swim will receive $1,000 each to produce one-minute videos.Radiohead will select one winner to receive $10,000 to create a full-length video.

Tags: Advertising, China, Google, Yahoo, YouTube

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Rank: Pasha
Monday March 17, 2008 1:47:46 PM

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Gee, color me shocked.

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Rank: Pasha
Monday March 17, 2008 1:49:08 PM

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Berners-Lee is right. The tech industry is so excited about targeted advertising and how much it's going to help consumers. I'd rather find ways to get less advertising in my life.

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