Just realized my VPN search history in Beijing showed a blank page for a major protest story that was trending everywhere else.

I learned that some firewalls don't just block sites, they can make it look like the story never existed at all, which is way more unsettling. Has anyone else had a search just go completely empty on a topic you know is big?

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matthewh283d ago

Used to think blocks were obvious but @the_wesley is right, this silent erasure is way worse.

the_wesley3d ago

Yeah that's the creepy part. It's not just a block, it's a full rewrite of what you can even see exists. Makes you wonder what else gets wiped clean.