Screenshot of a failed test: no filter
According to rumors at the BBS's our internet nanny has recently installed a new filtering system called the Golden Shield or Jin Dun. The filtering system, installed in Beijing, supposedly has cost six billion Renminbi (and that sounds to me like an awfull lot of money) and blocks your searches for five to ten minutes if you search for something wrong in Nanny's perception.
Mostly that would happen at Google of Baidu, but should be a generic tool, blocking all search engines. Now, of course I tried it myself and searched for for a string of characters that should get me blocked, but the system failed to trigger off.
Before I conclude that - if the story is true - six billion Renminbi has been wasted on a technological failure, I would like to do some more testing. When you are living in China, could you do a similar search as I did and report me the result? Please let me also know from where you are surfing and what internet provider you use.
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