Technical Problems

Some of you may be having trouble viewing videos at GalliaWatch and at other Google websites. For some of us, the video of Anne Lauvergeon (with English subtitles), on the AREVA hiring practices, is not viewable here, or at François Desouche, or even at YouTube. Another video at my post entitled "Taking Over Paris Streets" is also not working (nor is it viewable at YouTube).

When this started earlier in the day, I was sure it was censorship, and I wrote a long post on censorship, but removed it almost at once, when I learned from a reader that it appeared to be a Google problem. As far as I can tell from the Google Forum it IS a technical problem, but one that goes back many months, affects many browsers, and many people. So far there has been no reply from Google tech support.

Some videos, not others, are not working. An error message appears: "An error occurred, please try again later."

The French version of Lauvergeon's video is available. If I have some time I'll post it with my translation. It's only 26 seconds long.

You should be aware that the François Desouche website is being harrassed by "agents" from another website called Le Post, which in turn is part of Le Monde. FDS is being accused of working for the Front National, of being racist, sexist, homophobic, etc... This is what led me to fear censorship. But, as I said, the problem seems to be more widespread than that, though I must admit I'm not entirely convinced of anything right now.

In the past Google has always resolved the problems that affected me because they affected millions of others as well. I can only wait and see.