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US lawmakers urge YouTube to restore Hong Kong protest song

A webcam is positioned in front of YouTube's logo in Paris. [AFP]

A US congressional commission appealed Wednesday to YouTube to restore a Hong Kong pro-democracy anthem, saying blocking the video boosted authoritarianism and went beyond a local court order.

YouTube last month said it was complying with a Hong Kong court order and would block access to 32 videos of "Glory to Hong Kong," originally written for protesters who took to the streets in a failed 2019 movement to stop China's stifling of the city's autonomy.

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