Is Google Censoring "Piracy Related" Searches?

Has the world's largest search engine set out to crack down on illegal downloads?

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The Social Network while it was in theaters, you don't have a Netflix account, and you're too cheap to cop the DVD. If you're thinking of using Google to help you find a torrent to download Fincher's Oscar-nominated flick, you may be shit out of luck. According Torrent Freak, the search giant has begun to block all "piracy related" terms from its Google Instant and Autocomplete search features.

Reportedly, Google has blocked "Megaupload", "BitTorrent", "Rapidshare", and any combination of the word "torrent". However, that's not to say you can't still use Google to search for these things; Google just won't suggest them to you.

via Switched

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