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Tangible Impact of Censorship on Search Engines

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hands-on-fun dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NetworkWorld is reporting that Indiana University Informatics researchers have created a site that highlights the differences in query results provided by country-specific search engines. cenSEARCHip looks at engines like the versions of Google and Yahoo built to accommodate free-speech restrictions in China, Germany and France."

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  1. Just do this... by DarkNemesis618 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just misspell what you're looking for...worked for the Chinese...

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    What's the matter, James? No glib remark? No pithy comeback?
  2. I'm moving to the free world... by benjjj · · Score: 5, Funny

    China! I got 309,000,000 hits for democracy there, and only 307,000,000 in the US. The only possible explanation is that China is more free than the USA.