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Google Using Chinese Site It Owns To Develop Search Term Blacklist For Censored Search Engine, Says Report (theverge.com)
Google is using search samples from a Beijing-based website it owns to make blacklists for the censored search engine it is developing for China. Google's website 265.com redirects to China's dominant search engine, Baidu, by default, "but Google can apparently see the queries that users are typing in," reports The Verge. From the report: Google engineers are reportedly sampling those search queries in order to develop a list of thousands of blocked websites it should hide on its upcoming search engine in China. Blacklisted results, which include topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre, will result in users seeing a blank page, The Intercept reports. On Baidu, if you search for something less specific, like Taiwan or Xinjiang, you'll get a partial blackout where you can only see tourist information and not politically sensitive news reports. It could be possible that Google is taking a similar tack.
Originally, 265.com was founded in 2003 by Chinese entrepreneur Cai Wensheng, who's also the founder of Chinese beauty app Meitu. Google bought the site in 2008, while it was still operating its search engine within China. Google has essentially been using the site to figure out what Chinese users are searching for since 2008, and now that it is working on an Android search app, it will finally have a use for that data. The Intercept first reported this news.
Originally, 265.com was founded in 2003 by Chinese entrepreneur Cai Wensheng, who's also the founder of Chinese beauty app Meitu. Google bought the site in 2008, while it was still operating its search engine within China. Google has essentially been using the site to figure out what Chinese users are searching for since 2008, and now that it is working on an Android search app, it will finally have a use for that data. The Intercept first reported this news.
How many Google employees demanded Google not work on US Military projects that defend the free world?
Did Google withdraw from those US Military projects?
How many Google employees demanded Google not work on Chinese government projects to oppress people?
Has Google withdrawn from Chinese oppression projects?
Remember: As a one-party-rule Communist nation with a dictator-for-life, EVERYTHING in China is tied to China intelligence and military entities - there's no credible claim that a tool used to spy upon and oppress the Chinese citizenry is NOT associated with Chinese spy agencies and the Chinese military.
Perhaps Google needs to dump all the H1-B employees and hire a few more patriotic American citizens --- IF there are any patriotic American citizens still willing to work there...
Tiananmen Square heroic tank maneuvers... GOOD!
Foxconn suicides - BAD.
Foxconn dormitory attached trampolines... GOOD!
VPN how-to - BAD.
Loving government monitoring for citizens’ protection... GOOD!
#DeleteChrome
It's time for everyone to stop bending over for China. Instead of helping them develop even more effective methods of oppression, the rest of the world should stand together and disconnect China from the internet.
Then they disconnect themselves from the Treasury Bill Auction and cash in their T-Bills.
Gotta do something about that balance of payments and/or the national debt if we want our great-great-great grandchildren to finally escape being held hostage in that way.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way