Google Images China Censors – Friend and Foe? – Philipp Lenssen

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Google Images China censors hundreds of thousands to millions of photos – from friend to foe. For example, no single photo shows for politician and “friend” Deng Xiaoping in a search for his name, ÈÇìÂ∞èÂπ≥. China’s current leader Hu Jintao gets the same massive censorship treatment, as a search for ËÉ°Èî¶Ê∂õ reveals. This may well be more than a plain domain blacklist, because it’s of such broad scale.*

On the other hand, the image of “foe” Chen Guangcheng is missing in the top results in a search for ÂùêÁ⢠(“jailed”). Wikipedia explains that Guangcheng is an activist who focused on human rights issues in rural areas in China, describing the kind of trial he got. [Full Text]

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