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Self-Censoring 'Chinese Wikipedia' Launched
Billosaur writes "New Scientist is reporting that Baidu, China's largest search engine, is launching its own version of Wikipedia. The site, Baidupedia, differs from the more well-known Wikipedia in that it is self-censoring." From the article: "Unlike Wikipedia, which allows anyone to create and modify entries, Baidupedia is censored by the company to avoid offending the Chinese government. Entries to the encyclopaedia must first pass a filtering system before being added to the site. Baidupedia bars users from including any 'malicious evaluation of the current national system', any 'attack on government institutions', and prevents the 'promotion of a dispirited or negative view of life'."
Unpossible!
Everyone knows the USA is much worse than china...
...the wikipedia edits you!
Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.
Happy Fun Wiki!
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
I looked up "abominable snowman" and it told me it was "a large primate-like creature supposedly living in the mountains of censored."
Naaaaaaaaaaah! The beatings will simply continue until moral improves.
KFG
That's a Chinese Fox News.
Eloi are stupid, throw morlocks at them!
Sample Baidupedia Entries:
Freedom: A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference as long as these actions do not undermine the authority of the state.
Democracy: Government of the people by wealthy people.
Communism: Government of the people by the people where the people collectively own all property and the state takes care of you so everyone is happy.
Capitalism: An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership of the means of production as supervised and governed by the state
than congressmen paying people to edit out "negative entries".
Oh wait, that's just free-market..
perpetually dwelling in the -1 pits
"I love my job, but I hate talking to people like you" (Freddie Mercury)
I agree on censoring, but go to the main page and you see a lot of question marks. China, you've gone TOO far this time!
If only &#%@*^ would let me @*&%# what ever the &#%@ I want to $#% [removed for opinion]
-- Brought to you by Carl's JR
So in China... NPOV becomes PGPOV? (pro government point of view)?
LOL. That's funny stuff. In the US, they reject text for not having a neutral point of view. In China, they reject text for not having a "positive" point of view.
If DARPA hadn't developed the Internet, and CERN hadn't developed the World Wide Web, then China would not be censoring the Internet!!! It is time that we blame those who are REALLY responsible for this: the U.S. and Europe!!! You facist bastards!
All morals are relative and as such the only way to judge morality is with respect to personal beliefs
Sweet. I have a strongly held personal belief in stabbing you in the face. Morally, I'm in the clear. Thanks!
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
They're right. I tried to post a picture of a dog fucking a chinese lady and they censored it. Outrageous!
Give me good ratings or I will close down the internet.
We supposedly value "justice". But we seem to be living "vigilantism". And there are people who are 100% okay with that.
And we'll string ya up if you disagree!
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.