[plug] (censorship) Interesting note from the EFA list.

[Oliver White]

Here's annother interesting snippet from the EFA's censorship mailing list (for those
who don't have the time to read 100+ emails a day).

Chris Bitmead wrote:

> Kimberley Heitman wrote:
>
> > and Altavista's Babelfish (can access banned pages - and they'll sound even ruder
> > in French).
>
> Babelfish is a very interesting case. The govt would have a very hard
> time justifying banning it, but very likely it would bypass a lot of
> blocking because the key words would likely get mangled confusing a
> guessing engine. Thus the dirty pics would get though, but anybody
> seeking legitimate information on breast cancer or whatever will have to
> learn French.

--
Oliver White


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