The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple’s content

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The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple’s content
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I wonder if this was a Youtube channel he owned... Would google capitulate? Though I can't imagine it would be worth it for Jon to be on Youtube.

YouTube is blocked in China and most other oppressive regimes. You can definitely find lots of china criticism there.

Google has been trying to get a foothold in China for a couple of decades. The government there don't want Google, and Google has previously jumped through hoops to make apps and services just for that market to try to placate them. It wasn't successful before but they keep trying. I don't think Google would think twice about axing a YouTube channel if they were aware the content was anti-CCP and has a big enough audience.

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