SEL: More on Google's Chinese Censorship Debacle

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January 30, 2006

More on Google's Chinese Censorship Debacle

It's really getting ugly. It'll get uglier. And it should.

A Picture Says 1000 Words About Google's Censorship In China
Plenty are writing and writing about Google's agreement to censor results for China. But pictures perhaps better illustrate the differences that Google now endorses.
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How Google Censors Itself For China & Paid Exclusion As Being Evil
China will give the search engines some advice on censoring and guidelines, but it remains up to the search engines to do the actual dirty work.
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Google's Help Center Page About Censorship Back Online With New Text
The full text of the page now reads:
It is Google's policy not to censor search results. However, in response to local laws, regulations, or policies, we may do so. When we remove search results for these reasons, we display a notice on our search results pages. Please note: For some older removals (before March 2005), we may not show a notice at this time.
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