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title: Google Purge
date: "2005-08-31T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 565
description: I shared a satirical report from The Onion where Google 'announces' plans to destroy any information it can't index. It’s a classic take on early internet-era anxieties about Google’s growing dominance over the world's data.
keywords: [the onion, google, satire, information indexing, digital history]
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[Google Purge](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40076). Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can't Index.

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## Comments

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- **ritzkini** _31 Aug 2005 10:28 am_:
  hey the picture slidehsow is affecting the contact and faq section and recently updated blogs section !
- **S Anand** _31 Aug 2005 10:57 am_:
  Oh, what browser and version do you have?
- **ritzkini** _2 Sep 2005 12:48 pm_:
  IE 6.0
- **S Anand** _2 Sep 2005 3:18 pm_:
  That's strange... I have the same version. Having no problems. Could you mail me a screenshot?

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