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Self-Censoring 'Chinese Wikipedia' Launched

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taking-the-wik-out-of-wiki dept.

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'."

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  1. But..... by DAldredge · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unpossible!

    Everyone knows the USA is much worse than china...

  2. In communist china... by danpsmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the wikipedia edits you!

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    Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.
  3. Do Not Taunt by Weaselmancer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Happy Fun Wiki!

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
  4. It's an excellent resource by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I looked up "abominable snowman" and it told me it was "a large primate-like creature supposedly living in the mountains of censored."

  5. Re:Brave New China? by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Naaaaaaaaaaah! The beatings will simply continue until moral improves.

    KFG

  6. That's not a Chinese Wikipedia. by GungaDan · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a Chinese Fox News.

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    Eloi are stupid, throw morlocks at them!
  7. OK This is too much. by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

  8. NPOV by AtariDatacenter · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.