Google added 4shared, The Pirate Bay and others to the list of pirated words
In January 2011, Google removed some "pirated" words from the list of auto-completion and "instant search." This initiative of the search giant provoked disapproval in the Internet community, because such methods smack of censorship, and unauthorized, because Google did not agree with the list of prohibited words with anyone. It includes terms such as [torrent], [BitTorrent], [RapidShare] and others. As a result of the introduction of censorship on Google, the number of "pirated" search queries for the year significantly decreased .
It has now become known that Google has essentially added a “black list”. It includes almost all the major file-sharing sites, including now in autocompletion and “instant search” blocked requests [thepiratebay], [the pirate bay], [isohunt], [torrentreactor], [btjunkie], [kickasstorrents], [sumotorrent ], [btmon], [extratorrent], [4shared], [filesonic], [fileserve].
However, because of such actions, Google has innocent victims: for example, when typing the word [Ubuntu], the search engine no longer prompts [Ubuntu torrent] because the second word is blocked and offers other options for auto-completion of the request.
Search engine traffic "unadvertised" sites is reduced, which negatively affects their business. This is a blow to the financial situation of commercial companies, such as BitTorrent or RapidShare, which do business legally and do not violate anything.
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By introducing such measures, Google is walking a fine line between censorship and the fight against illegal content. According to IsoHunt owner Gary Fung (Gary Fung), Google is headed in a dangerous direction and becomes a kind of “Big Brother” on the Internet, forgetting its motto “Don't be evil”.
Obviously, such measures by Google are clearly made at the request of the RIAA and MPAA. In defense of the search company, we can say that Google successfully manages to get rid of their onslaught with a little blood, while keeping search results intact. In practice, removing requests from autocompletion is not so critical, Google just now formally “does not advertise” piracy, but no content and links are removed from the search index, although lawyers from RIAA and MPAA probably require it.
It has now become known that Google has essentially added a “black list”. It includes almost all the major file-sharing sites, including now in autocompletion and “instant search” blocked requests [thepiratebay], [the pirate bay], [isohunt], [torrentreactor], [btjunkie], [kickasstorrents], [sumotorrent ], [btmon], [extratorrent], [4shared], [filesonic], [fileserve].
However, because of such actions, Google has innocent victims: for example, when typing the word [Ubuntu], the search engine no longer prompts [Ubuntu torrent] because the second word is blocked and offers other options for auto-completion of the request.
Search engine traffic "unadvertised" sites is reduced, which negatively affects their business. This is a blow to the financial situation of commercial companies, such as BitTorrent or RapidShare, which do business legally and do not violate anything.
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By introducing such measures, Google is walking a fine line between censorship and the fight against illegal content. According to IsoHunt owner Gary Fung (Gary Fung), Google is headed in a dangerous direction and becomes a kind of “Big Brother” on the Internet, forgetting its motto “Don't be evil”.
Obviously, such measures by Google are clearly made at the request of the RIAA and MPAA. In defense of the search company, we can say that Google successfully manages to get rid of their onslaught with a little blood, while keeping search results intact. In practice, removing requests from autocompletion is not so critical, Google just now formally “does not advertise” piracy, but no content and links are removed from the search index, although lawyers from RIAA and MPAA probably require it.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/133384/
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