> political affiliation is a protected class in other countries where YouTube operates
At which point Google should decide on what countries they operate in. If they operate in a country where political affiliation is a protected class, go ahead and hide those comments to users in that country. But don't export that country's values to mine.
Unfortunately, the Internet allows a user to connect to to a server in any country on the planet, so your solution is really a non-solution because it's trivially bypassed.
> your solution is really a non-solution because it's trivially bypassed
One, governments who don't like this have ways of fixing it. Two, this true for other media--I can ship my friend a book banned in their country. And three, tough. Nobody has global jurisdiction.
> --I can ship my friend a book banned in their country.
And depending on the country your friend might end up in jail, not very friendly but you never know how undemocratic countries/institutions will overreact.
