>> 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
Oh, they're cool; shine it on... Fred Bauder _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
