UNM computer scientist watches Chinese Internet censorship

University of New Mexico computer scientists are helping track what the Chinese government's Internet censorship software might filter in the upcoming Olympics

They say what's forbidden changes.

UNM's Jed Crandall says the government overhauled its blacklist in February.

A previous list of forbidden terms included "Adolph Hitler," ''Mein Kampf" and "conversion rate."

Those now appear to have been removed from the censoring software.

Not much about the Olympics seems to be on the blocked list.

The UNM team will keep checking during the games to see if that changes.

Some things, such as phrases with "Tibet" in them, appear to be more consistently filtered.


More on the scientists work can be read in eweek . Crandall's web page outlines the technology.