> Google has agreed to take down links to a website that promotes racist views > of indigenous Australians. > Aboriginal man Steve Hodder-Watt recently discovered the US-based site by > searching "Aboriginal and Encyclopedia" in the search engine. > He tried to modify the entry on Encyclopedia Dramatica, a satirical and > extremely racist version of Wikipedia, but was blocked from doing so. ... > Mr Newhouse said Google agreed to take the link down after he filed an > official complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission. > "Lo and behold they agreed last night to take down the sites."
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/google-agrees-to-take-down-racist-site-20100115-maxd.html I'm so torn. On the one hand, the hypocrisy is blinding - filtering its search results is exactly what Google was doing in China. On the other hand, it's Encyclopedia Dramatica... -- gwern _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
