Dissecting Localized Google Censorship

Dissecting Localized Google Censorship 261

Posted by timothy on Monday March 17, 2003 @05:00PM from the bowlderization dept.

carpe_noctem writes "Linuxsecurity.com has a link to a rather interesting story regarding Google's use of localized censorship. While not much information is given from the political side of why Google might be censoring information likely to annoy certain governments, it certainly isn't the first time Google has come under fire for censoring results on account of external pressures. Makes one wonder how many pages get filtered out around the world."

Dissecting Localized Google Censorship

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Maybe it's because Google censors webpages... (Score:3, Funny)

by Chardish ( 529780 ) writes: <chardish.gmail@com> on Monday March 17, 2003 @05:02PM (#5531655) Homepage

That China censors Google. ;)

-Evan

well I know that (Score:5, Funny)

by JeanBaptiste ( 537955 ) writes: on Monday March 17, 2003 @05:06PM (#5531708)

my Nazi-Skinhead-Kiddy-Porn-Warez-Make Money Quick-How To Be A Terroist site gets filtered out pretty much everywhere, Google or otherwise.

Ashcroft, NSA, FBI: This is only a joke done in poor taste. I don't have a site, much less with any of the above.
Sucks having to put that kind of disclaimer on things....

I knew it... (Score:4, Funny)

by Metallic Matty ( 579124 ) writes: on Monday March 17, 2003 @05:09PM (#5531730)

Clearly, some government has a problem with my website, and has pressured google to censor it's existence through their searches!

Crafty bastards..

"Its not off topic; its humor."

So they censor the results... (Score:2, Funny)

by dr.wurst ( 597445 ) writes: <dr_wurst AT hotmail DOT com> on Monday March 17, 2003 @05:11PM (#5531751)

... that is why my page about the Wonderful World of Hamsters
is not the number one result on all searches.

I knew there was a reason ;o)

Re:Sorry, no. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 17, 2003 @05:12PM (#5531768)

Jeez, Michael, don't have the balls to post under your real nick?

Re:well I know that (Score:3, Funny)

by sql*kitten ( 1359 ) writes: on Monday March 17, 2003 @05:26PM (#5531898)

my Nazi-Skinhead-Kiddy-Porn-Warez-Make Money Quick-How To Be A Terroist site gets filtered out pretty much everywhere, Google or otherwise.

Nah, it's just because your name sounds French.

Re:Get some priorites! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 17, 2003 @06:16PM (#5532346)

I just heard on the radio that Saddam Hussein has draped our Statue of Liberty in a green burka and you guys are whining about google filtering their results?
That would be John Ashcroft you were thinking of. It's hard to keep the enemies of freedom straight without a scorecard.

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Maybe it's because Google censors webpages... (Score:3, Funny)

well I know that (Score:5, Funny)

I knew it... (Score:4, Funny)

So they censor the results... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Sorry, no. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:well I know that (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Get some priorites! (Score:1, Funny)

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