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		JonnieCache on Jan 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and... No. It is declining to actively push certain terms on the user.

smokeyj on Jan 27, 2011 | [–]

> It is declining to actively push certain terms on the user.

Let's say a search engine in China was obligated to "decline actively pushing a certain query", would we not call that censorship? Can someone explain my semantic hangup?

barredo on Jan 27, 2011 | [–]

Well, I think that's it and you're right.

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