Constitutional Law
Apr. 3, 2014
Search engine censorship and free speech
Does the First Amendment allow Baidu.com (China's version of Google) to censor political speech from its search results for users here in the U.S.?
Dan D. Nabel
Principal Counsel
Riot Games
Dan also teaches Video Game Law at USC Gould. His new book, "Video Game Law in a Nutshell," will be available in July 2018 from West Academic."
In 2009, an anonymous Chinese writer spawned a now-legendary meme on Baidu Baike (China's version of Wikipedia) about a "Grass Mud Horse." The Grass Mud Horse (which, when pronounced with a slightly different tone in Chinese means "f--- your mother"), has become a famous mascot against Internet censorship. According to the story, the Grass Mud Horse is a lively, intelligent and tenacious alpaca-like creature that lives in the "Mahler Gobi Desert" (also a vulgar pun), a habitat invaded by...
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