Watch Your Language! (In China, They Really Do) - NYTimes.com; ...
Internet traffic is examined with a thoroughness and ruthlessness that is almost admirable in its scope. The term “Great Firewall” is appropriate and descriptive — and also banned by the censors. The government prefers its own name for its Internet surveillance program — the Golden Shield Project.
The system ferrets out pornography and commercial scams, but it also blocks certain search terms. Its algorithms sniff out words or names it considers politically odorous. It sometimes deletes offending messages altogether.
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