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Poor Spelling Beats Google's China Filter

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the see-thats-why-i-misspell-stuff dept.

antifoidulus writes "CNN's money section contains a blurb(among other blurbs) about how poor spelling can beat Google's Chinese filter. The example given in the article is that a search for "Tiananmen" will yield peaceful pictures of the square, but a search for common mis-spellings such as "Tienanmen" will yield plenty of photos of tanks."

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  1. This is exactly why I said Google was good! by Ogemaniac · · Score: 1, Redundant

    People whining about Google's actions with respect to China fail to realize that the alternatives (even more dreadful Chinese filtering, Google being banned entirely, etcc) are worse alternatives for Chinese freedom.

  2. Re:That's unpossible! by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Did you mean: Tibet should be free

    No, he mean T1b3t should be fr33

    -Eric

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  3. Engrish 4 Freedum by Analogy+Man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Enuf sed

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    When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.