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China: Another Mistake by Human Flesh Search Engines

ESWN translated several pieces on Internet human flesh search engines' attempt in digging out the identity of Fan Xiaohua. ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Tue, Jun 03 2008

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17 Apr 08 visit Olymics 2008 Beijing China/ "Hu" Cares?  »  YouTube videoWW3 IT (Internet War) Topic going on is Bad Blood For the Human Race! Human Rights is Being Passed over for a Few Thousand Ex Pat Chinese Who enjoy Luxurious Lives and Human Rights Protected by Law In their REAL Home Countries at the expense of REAL...
30 Sep 08 visit Around the Blogosphere: Human flesh search engines, street art by handicapped beggar and fake mass incidents  »  Shanghaiist Sky Canaves of WSJ's China Journal tells us of the first lawsuit in China involving "human flesh search engines" whereby the plaintiff has been awarded damages.Baidu, the search engine that's been accused of helping Sanlu censor negative websites in...
25 Jun 09 visit Young Mayor Runs Afoul of Human Flesh Search Engines  »  China Journal Just days after being appointed as mayor of Yicheng city in Hubei province, and being hailed in the media as “China’s youngest mayor,” 28-year-old Zhou Senfeng has fallen prey to China’s so-called human flesh search engines
20 Jan 09 visit City bill bans 'human flesh search engines'  »  Shanghai Daily LEGISLATORS passed a bill banning so-called "human flesh search engines" in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, sparking a nationwide controversy over an individual's right to privacy versus the public's right to know,...
25 Nov 08 visit What Your Firm Should Learn From Taxi Drivers and The Human Flesh Search Engines  »  All Roads Yesterday I wrote a post over at Cleaner Greener China that was essentially an extension on my Clean up or Clean out speech focusing on the role of the internet in China, specifically the human flesh search engine, and how it would become a force to be...
27 Oct 09 visit China: Shanghai schoolgirl beating & human flesh search  »  Global Voices Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated a local report from Netease on a school bully incident and netizens' action in disclosing the girl's identity via human flesh search.

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