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Google Highlights Censored Search Terms In China

Posted by Soulskill on from the websearch-sunlight-project dept.

itwbennett writes "Responding to complaints from Chinese Googlers that the search engine is 'inconsistent and unreliable,' Google has updated its service to help users steer clear of search queries that will result in page errors. Google will now highlight characters and phrases that are likely to 'break' a user's connection. 'By prompting people to revise their queries, we hope to reduce these disruptions and improve our user experience from mainland China,' the company said in a blog post."

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  1. It could all backfire by na1led · · Score: 3, Funny

    A virus that infects thousands or computers could send out these key search words and take down an entire network.

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    -- By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.