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Does Google Censor Chinese News?

Posted by timothy on from the except-for-all-the-others dept.

mOoZik writes "A story carried by New Scientist suggests that Google might be playing into the hands of the Chinese government by blocking certain news stories which may be deeded inappropriate. Some users recently reported that Google's Chinese news search returned different results depending when they searched using a computer based outside of China. The claims were substantiated by researchers who connected to computers inside the country. Read on and decide for yourself."

10 of 547 comments (clear)

  1. this first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    was censored by china

    that's why it's not first

    p.s. you'll be shot if you say anything about this

    1. Re:this first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      that's either troll or flamebait, not offtopic, you idiots. Gee, a post about censorship from china and shooting dissenters, and that's supposed to be offtopic here??? yes i realize i'm going to be shot for this post but it's worth it.

  2. Re:mao ze dong say, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    omg 2 minutes and its still frist! i fail failing! niggers lose!

  3. mod me off topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    c'mon

  4. Re:That's just business.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    getting crunk on the vodka and the buddha

  5. snip snip by tovarish · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this post has been censored by a slashdot chinese government moderator

  6. also forbidden? by eldacan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe Chinese law forbids that too (indicating that something was censored)? You know, something like the PATRIOT act...

  7. Re:frist - akarak by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    tl;dr

  8. Re:rephrase by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Next you're going to say something unpatriotic like it was wrong for Prescott Bush to be Adolf Hitler's banker.

  9. Re:Remarkable restraint by amightywind · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This isn't really accurate, as an act of violence isn't a war, it's a crime (but you may be confused from all the "war on a word" ideas that have been floating around for the last couple decades). However, by this logic you could say that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia -- and all countries that harboured bin Laden, and possibly the 9/11 hijackers -- were also complicit.

    You argue like Clinton used to, parsing language and billowing fog until the main point is forgotten. Happily GDub is more direct.

    --
    an ill wind that blows no good