If you search Google Images for “Tiananmen Square” from a computer in the United States, you will find countless pictures of that young student standing in front of a row of tanks and stopping them in their tracks. This iconic image has become synonymous with both the historic Chinese landmark and the protests that took place there in 1989.
However, if you enter the same image search from a computer in China, the picture does not exist. Instead, you will find scenic images of the Square and the Tiananmen Gate, which dates back to the 1420s.
How and why does Google decide who gets to see what? This interesting question was well covered in a recent New York Times Magazine article.
Read the story here.
However, if you enter the same image search from a computer in China, the picture does not exist. Instead, you will find scenic images of the Square and the Tiananmen Gate, which dates back to the 1420s.
How and why does Google decide who gets to see what? This interesting question was well covered in a recent New York Times Magazine article.
Read the story here.
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