Insanity I tell you!
Google has begun censoring search term queries as it relates to anything “torrent” or “BitTorrent” related:
It’s taken a while, but Google has finally caved in to pressure from the entertainment industries including the MPAA and RIAA.
The search engine now actively censors terms including BitTorrent, torrent, utorrent, RapidShare and Megaupload from its instant and autocomplete services.
The reactions from affected companies and services are not mild, with BitTorrent Inc., RapidShare and Vodo all speaking out against this act of commercial censorship.
Yikes. I’m pretty saddened by this since contradicts Google’s Mission:
Google’s mission is to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Lame.
[via TF]
herbhalstead says
I’m with you on this – totally lame.
Chris Rouse says
Here’s what I don’t get–and something that was briefly mentioned in the linked article. Google once censored its search results for China. But then they decided that went against their policy. Now, without warning or any public statement, they’ve started censoring their own searches. For a company who likes to preach “do no evil” they sure do seem rather willing to control what their users are able to find. I don’t like this at all, nope, not at all.
Adam Lehman says
… They do the same censorship for porn…
Where would you draw the line?
John Saddington says
i don’t like censorship at all.