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Google is constructing a list of banned words for its Chinese release



I wanted to start this news with my typical O tempora o mores, but… seeing as things are going worldwide, perhaps this news is not as horrible as it would be some time ago. Much has been said about the Google-China conflict; communist country wanted the american company to deliver them a properly censored browser, while Google did not. Past tense is right in place, too; as it seems, Google has given in to temptation and is now creating a censored wersion of its browser specifically for China. Censorship will ban citizens of China from reading about anything that their government does not want them to read about. According to The Intercept, Google is working right now on a list of banned words and phrases: among them will probably be Tian’anmen, Winney the Pooh and basic human decency.

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