Blocked on Weibo is one of the most interesting websites on the internet: It lists and explains the search terms that are censored on China’s massive microblogging site Weibo. Last year, the site released a list of blocked terms related to the June 4th Tiananmen Square massacre.
Blocked on Weibo is one of the most interesting websites on the internet: It lists and explains the search terms that are censored on China’s massive microblogging site Weibo. Last year, the site released a list of blocked terms related to the June 4th Tiananmen Square $SQ massacre.
Use the drop-down menu above to compare how image search results for some of those terms differ between Google $GOOGL, in the United States, and its equivalent in China, Baidu. Click on a image to see the search for yourself. (Baidu search is also censored abroad.) A new book calls China , and the gaps in Baidu’s knowledge show how accurate that title is.
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