in yet another startling incident likely to bring to light (once again) the reliability of elGoog, the search giant has been accused of blocking news results from specific news sources within the chinese market (summary story at new scientist - they got some exclusive replies btw) …this should trouble you at many levels…it was discovered by examining internet address data…”State-sponsored internet providers in China routinely block access to internet sites deemed inappropriate by the government. These include both Chinese and foreign news sites carrying reports that criticise the Chinese government….Researchers at Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT), a US company that provides technology for circumventing internet restrictions in China, have discovered that the recently-launched Chinese version of Google News omits blocked news sources from its results.”

want an example? here, first search for the banned religious group falun gong on regular google and then run the same search on google news china …can you taste the difference? yeah, i know that you can…

here’s the bullshit that elGoog had to offer in reply - which terrifies me: “Google admits to omitting some news sources within China but says this is meant to improve the quality of the service.” to which elGoog replies, “In order to create the best possible news search experience for our users, we sometimes decide not to include some sites, for a variety of reasons…” …sure, like ad revenue you mofo’s…note that elGoog also recently increased its stake in chinese search engine baidu…i’m worried, very worried…because you know that i’m down on elGoog already …and they’ve already had trouble in china…

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