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Social Media, Inc.: The Global Politics of Big Data

Article By Ron Deibert, on 19 Jun 2012, World Politics Review

In June 2012, Google’s acrimonious relationship with the People’s Republic of China took a couple of new turns. In order to assist Chinese users to access information freely from behind the controls of the Great Firewall of China, Google created a unique feature for its popular search engine: When users attempt to search for banned keywords, Google warns them that this might cause their Google connection to be interrupted and suggests alternative spellings and phrasings that would ensure they can access the desired content. In effect, Google’s search engine now facilitates the circumvention of China’s censorship of the Internet…

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Filed under Press by Political Science on June 22, 2012

Social Media, Inc.: The Global Politics of Big Data

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