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Tiananmen Square on Google Images

January 26, 2006

Credit goes to Juan's del.icio.us bookmarks (he also has a weblog) for the heads up, spotted via the 'china' tag on del.icio.us: check out the difference between a search for 'tiananmen' on images.google.cn (left) and images.google.com (right). Click the thumbnails for larger versions.

search for 'tiananmen' on Google Images China search for 'tiananmen' on Google Images (North America)

Rebecca MacKinnon and Jeremy Goldkorn, as they do typically, have excellent summaries and links to reaction about Google's censoring of search results on its mainland Chinese service.

(Screenshots taken on January 26th at 4:15 PM Pacific, using webkit2png.)

Time passes, and it looks like Marshall Kirkpatrick and Charles Miller (via Brett via a LiveJournaler with friends-only posts) had the same idea.

tags: China, Google, Tiananmen, censorship

"To comply with local laws, regulations and policies, some search results are not displayed." →

tags: China, Google, censorship | # | comment Jan. 25th, 2006

MSN Spaces product unit manager on "ways we moderate content" →

It's a tough one, having to follow the laws of a country you're doing business in when they run up against your principles.

tags: China, MSN, Microsoft, censorship, geeky | # | 1 comment Jan. 5th, 2006

Microsoft employee Robert Scoble is angry about MSN Spaces and apparent censorship of Chinese-language weblogs →

He has an update in his article that MSN management has looked into it.

tags: China, MSN, Microsoft, censorship, geeky | # | comment Jan. 5th, 2006

How Microsoft censors "sensitive words" on Chinese-language weblogs on MSN Spaces →

Rebecca argues that "the action was taken NOT by Chinese authorities responsible for filtering and censoring the internet for Chinese viewers, but by MSN staff at the level of the MSN servers."

tags: China, MSN, Microsoft, censorship, geeky | # | comment Jan. 5th, 2006

Rebecca McKinnon on China using American technology to censor the Internet →

Tired cliché in the title.

tags: China, censorship | # | comment Jun. 29th, 2005

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