August 27, 2020 03:42 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/27/blanked-out-areas-of-baidu-map.html
Blanked-out areas of Baidu Maps reveal location of Chinese camps, prisons, military facilities, the lot
Baidu offers a satellite map service much like Google's or Microsoft's. Based in China, it is subject to rigorous censorship. By comparing conspiciously blanked-out areas on Baidu Maps to the corresponding regions in western mapping services, Buzzfeed uncovered a network of prisons and internment camps in Xinjiang. But there's more: also concealed this way are […]Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/27/blanked-out-areas-of-baidu-map.html
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