Google begins censoring autocomplete results for BitTorrent, RapidShare and other Big

[Dom]

Tried searching for "BitTorrent," "RapidShare," "uTorrent," "MegaUpload" or even "Ubuntu torrent" lately? Good luck finding a Google domain that'll autocomplete those results for you. Presumably caving to pleading from the MPAA and / or RIAA, El Goog has quietly begun to censor the results it shows when typing the above terms. Needless to say, the aforesaid companies aren't too keen on the new procedures, and strangely enough, a number of other sites that would typically be grouped into this same category -- MediaFire, 4shared and HotFile -- remain on the cleared list. Hit the source link if you're looking for loads of responses from companies angered with Googl e's move, and feel free to reset your homepage to Bing, Yahoo or any other search engine who has yet to bend. You know, if you're feeling rebellious.

Dom Reviewed by Dom on 27th Feb 2011. Google begins censoring autocomplete results for BitTorrent, RapidShare and other Big http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/01/google-torrent-search.jpg Tried searching for "BitTorrent," "RapidShare," "uTorrent," "MegaUpload" or even "Ubuntu torrent" lately? Good luck finding a Google domain that'll autocomplete those results for you. Presumably caving to pleading from the MPAA and / or RIAA, El Goog has quietly begun to censor the results it shows when typing the above terms. Needless to say, the aforesaid companies aren't too keen on the new procedures, and Rating: 5

[tdsii]

not all

[Jesse]

It's been all over the Internet news

[duality99]

tried on google.ro rapidshare does'nt autocomplete but filesharing does ..lol

[janu123]

It will certainly effect traffic of websites that contain Rapidshare or similar titles..

[Anthonis]

i think this is nonsense by such googlish company all people are limited to their rules i think it will lead to that more people will begin use other search engines i think google does wrong by regulating people needs

[ACE]

googlish company

I lol'd.