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China Blocks Web Searches About Protests

Posted by Soulskill on from the must-want-users-to-make-their-own dept.

itwbennett writes "China is blocking searches on Google and microblogs for Zengcheng, a city in the country's Guangdong province, where protests have erupted against local authorities. The move is part of an effort to suppress information on the rioting."

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  1. Must be working by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I haven't heard anything about these protests on the news here in the US

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  2. Re:Come again? by lennier · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

    John Gilmore, quoted in Time Magazine

    That was the 90s. The Net in 2011 interprets censorship as a value-added customer experience enhancement service and downloads an app for it onto your non-jailbreakable iThoughtStation 451.

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  3. Re:Social stability by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is a good move by China.

    It depends on whether you define "China" as the government or those who are governed.

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