ProxTube unblocks youtube videos. It is useful because in some countries like Germany YouTube videos are blocked for rather questionable reasons. Please do not abuse it for accessing videos of which you know that they are violating your local penal code.
Two questionable reasons for why videos are blocked in Germany:
- The copyright holder possibly (in contrast to actually) does not allow the content to be online.
- The video contains symbols of unconstitutional organizations.
The latter is very annoying. In general, German laws outlaw the use of symbols of unconstitutional organization but not if they serve to further civil
enlightenment, to avert unconstitutional aims, to promote art or
science, research or teaching, reporting about current historical events
or similar purposes.
However, I repeatedly had to circumvent youtube's blocking to watch videos that use original footage from the NS era to illustrate the terrible crimes committed by Nazi Germany. They were blocked due to the ubiquitous swastikas, not due to their message that simply put was: We must never let this happen again.
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