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June 14, 2005 7:17 PM

Micros[censored] Helps China [censored] Bl[censored]s. "This topic contains forbidden words. Please delete them."
posted by digaman (8 comments total)

I'm wondering how "feudal superstitions" are weeded out. Perhaps they are referring to Falun Gong.
posted by kozad at 7:22 PM on June 14, 2005

kozad, do you mean the ph4l|_|n g0ng, or would that be picked up too?
posted by tellurian at 7:39 PM on June 14, 2005

The moral of the story is that we can't rely on multinationals to be the policemen of global human rights, especially since there's so much money to be made in China.... not just selling our crap to them, but using their cheap labor. If anything, the multinationals rely on maintaining the status quo in China.
posted by mert at 7:45 PM on June 14, 2005

Microscope helps China score Blunts?
posted by cloeburner at 7:50 PM on June 14, 2005

$50 to the first person who can find the official uniform or insignia for the Chinese "Internet Police".

If they sold the service as a turnkey item, that's one thing.. if a user could sneak a photo or journal entry straight to an American MS admin in Redmond, that's another thing.
posted by Jack Karaoke at 8:32 PM on June 14, 2005

Too right, mert. Not just multinationals but governments as well. We have two examples at the moment. Chinese detainees "merely being assessed so they could be provided with passports" and Chen Yonglin "at no point did he say he was seeking Australia's protection".
posted by tellurian at 8:51 PM on June 14, 2005

My question exactly, t3||ur1an. There is no causal relationship between symbols and their meanings. As such they can be changed at any time. What happens when the community agrees that 'Mao' == 'democracy'? Do they now block the use of 'Mao'? Of course, it does not surprise me that Microsoft is facilitating|buying into this approach.
posted by Fezboy! at 9:20 AM on June 15, 2005

$50 please Jack :-)


posted by tellurian at 5:37 PM on June 15, 2005