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Google Censors Abu Ghraib Images [updated]

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the smell-the-scent-of-karl-rove dept.

Mihg writes "Try searching Google Images for abu ghraib, lynndie england, or Lynndie's boyfriend charles graner and note how you don't get any pictures of US soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners of war. Now try it with some of their competitors, like AltaVista, Lycos, or Yahoo!. Google used to be able to find them, as is discussed in this AnandTech forum thread." I'm guessing that this is another case of our administration confusing "National Security" with "Politically Undesirable". Update: 11/07 20:18 GMT by P : Google has a reasonable explanation.

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  1. The OP makes a bad suggestion by sjwaste · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm guesing that this is another case of our administration confusing "National Security" with "Politically Undesirable".

    Such that this is the US administration's doing. I highly doubt our government has any hand in censoring google's results, especially when the other search engines are returning these images.

    It seems anti-Americanism is so popular these days that people like the OP will pick and choose anything and blame it on our government. You accuse our country of being irrational, when you yourself have made a highly dubious claim.

    I'm fucking proud to be an American. I'm glad my parents chose to come over here some 35 years ago. Of course, its now unpopular to be a proud American. Flame me all you want.

  2. Continuing This Devil's Dictionary Discussion ... by Baldrson · · Score: 0, Troll
    Yes of course this goes beyond the US or its penal system. That's why sexual sadism was standard practice at Abu Ghraib.

    But if people don't see how much the governments of the US depend on sexual sadism to maintain compliance from their populace the Abu Ghraib immages may mislead them into believing that the locus of the problem is the US military or foreign policy.

    Pathological US behavior around the world is merely a symptom of the sexually sadistic way US governments compell compliance US citizens.

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  3. Get real... by Baldrson · · Score: 1, Troll

    Do you really think the events at Abu Ghraib would have occurred if US governments hadn't become addicted to racist sexual sadism as a means of extorting compliance out of US citizens?

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    Seastead this.
  4. Re:Official Respons from Google. by norculf · · Score: -1, Troll

    Tell Sergey to give me some money please.

  5. Re:Official Respons from Google. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In short, There is no censorship here. We are embarassed that our image index is not updated as frequently as it should be. Expect a refresh in the near future.

    Every 8 months or so? Not much point in using Google Images if it's 8 months behind the times.

    I don't buy it. If Google are pulling stuff that might embarrass the current administration, I thnk I'd prefer to know that up front.

  6. looser demo(crats)ns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The USA is a Republic. Grow up and be Republicans.

    1. Re:looser demo(crats)ns by howiefl · · Score: 0, Troll

      This is a democratic republic.

      Grow up.

  7. Re:Official Respons from Google. by Monf · · Score: 1, Troll
    ....uuuuh, yeah, right, sure...

    so... if that's the case, i guess google's technologies and hardware aren't all they are touted as, and I guess all us INVESTORS should AVOID INVESTING in GOOGLE, since they are much, much, much, MUCH, MUCH SLOWER at indexing content that pretty much EVERY OTHER search engine has NO PROBLEM indexing quickly...

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