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Does Google Censor Chinese News?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 21, 2004 @08:13PM 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."

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Re:Censorship, China, and others. by DeepHurtn! · 2004-09-22 04:22 · Score: 0, Troll

I know someone involved with the US Iraq authority shutting down various media outlets and IIRC it is pretty much because they were being used to organize ambushes and attacks against the US and/or instigate further crimes against the troops.
This is absolutely one of the most blatant examples of doublethink I have ever heard. Can you imagine what you you or your "someone involved" would say if China used that excuse? Or the old Soviet Union? Or Iraq before the invasion? You'd call it exactly what it is: bullshit.