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Saturday, January 15, 2005

Sites Google Censors

I entered a line of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf into Google Germany to compare the results with Google.com. There were three sites missing, and they led me to a more complete list of sites Google censors in either Google German or Google France. Looking up the page-count for these domains returns the following table:

SiteGoogle .comGoogle GermanyGoogle France
1488.com 4,29044,290
14words.com 363636
abbc.com 28000
air-photo.com 62100
americandefenseleague.com 990
americannaziparty.com 72720
amren.com 11,300110
aryan88.com 403403169
aryan-nations.org 3823820
barnesreview.org 1331330
bayouknights.org 23230
blacksandjews.com 78780
christianseparatist.org 1641640
codoh.com 545286286
compuserb.com 1561560
creator.org 6400
crusader.net 12500
ety.com 4,61044,350
faem.com 3,91000
fpp.co.uk 21,00000
freedomsite.org 9,46000
globalfire.tv 59590
hangemhighrecords.com 3573570
heathenfront.org 7907900
hitlerisgod.com 2932930
hoffman-info.com 4000
holywar.org 93800
iahushua.com 57900
ihr.org 4,61000
jesus-is-lord.com 3,98040
jewwatch.com 2771818
kingidentity.com 2100
k-k-k.com 60600
kkkk.net 1161160
libreopinion.com 6,75070
louisbeam.com 6100
melvig.org 1300
missiontoisrael.org 90900
musicalterrorists.com 1451450
mysticknights.org 1391390
naawp.com 19800
natall.com 2,60000
natvan.com 11,7001111,400
nazi.org 2,43022,170
nazi-lauck-nsdapao.com 74300
neworderknights.com 2500
noontidepress.com 1951950
nsm88.com 47100
ostara.org 3700
panzerfaust.com 4,59050
patriot.dk 26400
posse-comitatus.org 25500
propatria.org 8800
radioislam.net 4734730
radioislam.org 4,28000
rahowa.com 4900
resist.com 54500
resistance.com 14,40000
revilo-oliver.com 3693690
revisionists.com 1551550
seek-info.com 2000
ssenterprises.com 6300
stormfront.org 143,00000
www2.stormfront.org 143,00000
www3.stormfront.org 143,00000
www4.stormfront.org 143,00000
thulepublications.com 1371370
ukar.org 8858850
vanguardnewsnetwork.com 7,97080
vho.org 17,30000
wakeupordie.com 17300
wckkkk.com 28280
williscarto.com 45450
wpww.com 1100
All719,4786,15322,719

Google argues they obey country-specific laws. But when will they commit to tell people, right on the result page, they removed certain results? They already do this when it comes to copyright issues, and they should do the same when they obey censorship laws of any country. Anything else feels too much like “silent approval,” whereas Google should always be objective rather than political.

I wrote to Google support at suggestions@google.com, and if you feel the same about this issue, you can too.

Update: Thanks to Oliver R. I corrected several of the values for Google.de in above table.

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