From: Dave Farber <[email protected]> Subject: [IP] China Blocks Chinese Word for 'Egypt' Reply-To: [email protected] To: ip <[email protected]> Begin forwarded message: > From: Sam??? <[email protected]> > Date: January 30, 2011 3:12:14 PM EST > To: Dave Farber IP <[email protected]> > Subject: China Blocks Chinese Word for 'Egypt' > > Hi Dave, > > This might be of interest to the list. It's interesting to see how the > fragmentation of the net continues. Imagine not being able to search for > current events in Mexico, Europe, or elsewhere. > > Sam Waltz > > > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/218185/china_microblogs_block_chinese_word_for_egypt.html > > China's microblogs have blocked searches for the word "Egypt," a sign that > the Chinese government is trying to limit public knowledge of the political > unrest occurring in the Middle East. The blocking appeared to begin over the > weekend on the Chinese Twitter-like services operated by Sina, Tencent and > Sohu. Queries using the Chinese word for "Egypt" brought no results. "In > accordance with the relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search > result did not display," said the response on the Sina microblogging site. > The English word for "Egypt," however, is still searchable across the sites. > > > > Yahoo Groups: Gen-YMs ??? GenX-Ms ??? M-Atheists ??? GaySIG ??? Freed-M ??? > M-Trivia ------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----
