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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Chinese Communist Party-Backed Tech Giants Bring
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Chinese Communist Party-Backed Tech Giants Bring Censorship To The
Global Stage
(Techhcrunch): http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/02/chinese-communist-party-backed-tech-giants-bring-censorship-to-the-global-stage/
"It should come as no surprise, then, that the Portuguese version of
Baidu produces heavily censored results on topics considered sensitive
to the Chinese leadership. Compare search results between Google's
Portuguese edition and Baidu's. On Google.br.com, a search for Tank Man
(el hombre del tanque) turns up photos, documentary video and news
articles about the lone rebel who stood in the way of approaching
tanks outside of Tiananmen Square in 1989 ..."
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The result when one country or group of countries tries to impose its
own censorship desires onto the entire planet.
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