"It … seems likely to irritate Chinese officials, who have already employed an array of techniques to punish the company since a clash over censorship led Google to move its servers to Hong Kong in January 2010." — Michael Wines at The New York Times.
Google alerts Chinese when results censored
Ed Scare: book bans spreading across America, driven by conservative rage
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University of Pennsylvania affiliates face McCarthy-style treatment
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In 1964, two teens complained about "obscene" "Louie, Louie" lyrics to Indiana governor — 50 years later a reporter tracked them down and asked why
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