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0 pointsjshevek6y ago0 comments

Viral noticing is fed by widespread predispositions, which change over time like fashion.

There is a critical mass of people paying attention to censorship in general, and recently a critical mass of people attentive to the evils of the CCP.

Also, seems to have been at least since 2012

https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2012/jun/all-blocked-keywords-...

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yorwba6y ago

> Also, seems to have been at least since 2012

https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2012/jun/all-blocked-keywords-...

You're misrepresenting that link. It's not a list of things that Google censors, but a list of things that Google wanted people to know are blocked by the Great Firewall (i.e. Google calling attention to censorship, not censoring themselves).

elefanten6y ago

How far Google has fallen. From proactively fighting political censorship to silently facilitating it.

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