Science Friday Introducing Undiscovered: Episode 1, Boss Hua and the Black Box
Channel: Science Friday
Date: 2017-05-19

Introducing Undiscovered, a brand-new podcast spinoff from SciFri! On China’s most influential microblogging platform, a watch aficionado named Boss Hua accuses a government official of corruption. But, his posts aren’t censored. So what disappears into the black box of Chinese censorship…and what stays online? A team of social scientists cracked this question—by mistake—with big data.
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