'Occupy' Now a Banned Search Term in China - Technology - GOOD

According to UC Berkeley publication China Digital Times, Sina Weibo, China’s hyper-popular microblogging site, is now banning any and all search keywords that could theoretically be associated with OWS. “A long list of banned keywords on Sina Weibo’s search function has been uncovered and tested by the CDT team yesterday,” writes Sandra Hernandez. “All the listed phrases stick to one simple rule: a combination of ‘occupy’ (占领) and a place name—provincial capitals, economically developed regions, and few symbolic local areas.” In other words, the hundreds of millions of Sina Weibo users are no longer allowed to search for “occupy Beijing,” for instance.

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