{"id":146384,"date":"2012-11-09T15:31:54","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T23:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=146384"},"modified":"2013-06-26T08:07:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T15:07:30","slug":"sensitive-words-sparta-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/sensitive-words-sparta-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensitive Words: Sparta Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_146385\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/sensitive-words-sparta-redux\/%e6%96%af%e5%b7%b4%e8%be%be\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-146385\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146385\" class=\" wp-image-146385\" title=\"\u65af\u5df4\u8fbe\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/\u65af\u5df4\u8fbe.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/\u65af\u5df4\u8fbe.jpg 440w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/\u65af\u5df4\u8fbe-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/\u65af\u5df4\u8fbe-230x150.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-146385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thor_%28film%29\">Loki and Thor<\/a> with Chinese characteristics (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weibo.com\/zeeko\">@ZEEKO<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The New Normal:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sina_Weibo\">Sina Weibo<\/a> has changed the way it blocks sensitive keywords; terms that were once just partially blocked now return zero search results.<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/blockedonweibo.tumblr.com\/post\/34989212185\/all-sensitive-terms-on-sina-weibo-now-show-0-results\">Read about the \u201cupgrade\u201d from Jason Ng<\/a><\/strong> of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blockedonweibo.tumblr.com\/\">Blocked on Weibo<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As of November 9, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the \u201csearch for user\u201d function):<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/word-of-the-week-sparta\/\">Sparta<\/a> Redux:<\/strong> The terms below are all plays on words of &#8220;18 Big&#8221; (\u5341\u516b\u5927 Sh\u00edb\u0101 d\u00e0), the acronym for the 18th Party Congress:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; shit smack (\u5c4e\u5427\u55d2 sh\u01d0 b\u0101d\u0101)<br \/>\n&#8211; the shit cake is big (\u5c4e\u7c91\u5927 sh\u01d0 b\u0101 d\u00e0)<br \/>\n&#8211; Sparta (\u65af\u5df4\u8fbe S\u012bb\u0101d\u00e1)<br \/>\n&#8211; Sparbig (\u65af\u5df4\u5927 S\u012b b\u0101 d\u00e0)<br \/>\n&#8211; think eight arrive (\u601d\u516b\u8fbe s\u012b b\u0101 d\u00e1)<br \/>\n&#8211; thread eight big (\u4e1d\u516b\u5927 s\u012b b\u0101 d\u00e0)<br \/>\n&#8211; thread bar big (\u4e1d\u5df4\u5927 s\u012b b\u0101 d\u00e0)<br \/>\n&#8211; tear eight big (\u6495\u516b\u5927 s\u012b b\u0101 d\u00e0)<br \/>\n&#8211; tear bar big (\u6495\u5df4\u5927 s\u012b b\u0101 d\u00e0)<br \/>\n&#8211; die eight big (\u6b7b\u516b\u5927 s\u01d0 b\u0101 d\u00e0)<br \/>\n&#8211; die bar big (\u6b7b\u5df4\u5927 s\u01d0ba d\u00e0)<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: All Chinese-language words are tested using simplified characters. The same terms in traditional characters occasionally return different results.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CDT Chinese runs a project that crowd-sources filtered keywords on Sina Weibo search. \u00a0CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to this project so that we can include the most up-to-date information. To add words, check out the form at the bottom of <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E3%80%90%E6%95%8F%E6%84%9F%E8%AF%8D%E5%BA%93%E3%80%91%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AB%E5%A4%A7%E5%88%AB%E7%A7%B0%E4%B8%93%E8%BE%91%EF%BC%9A%E5%B1%8E%E5%90%A7%E5%97%92%E7%AD%89-2012-11-09\/\">CDT Chinese\u2019s latest sensitive words post<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Normal: Sina Weibo has changed the way it blocks sensitive keywords; terms that were once just partially blocked now return zero search results. Read about the \u201cupgrade\u201d from Jason Ng of Blocked on Weibo. 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