28 九月, 2007
Google炸彈連接「那話兒」與波蘭總統
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Linking president to penis may put Pole in prison
把總統與「那話兒」連結,波蘭人恐怕要坐牢
A Polish computer programmer could face up to three years in jail for linking a Polish word for penis to the presidential Web site.
一名波蘭電腦軟體工程師把一個波蘭語中意指「陰莖」的字眼連結到總統網站,可能因此要入獄3年。
Marek W., 23, created a programme that caused the official home page of Polish President Lech Kaczynski to rank first in the list of results on the Google search engine when "kutas", a vulgar term in Polish, was typed in by an Internet user.
23歲的馬瑞克‧W撰寫出一個軟體,導致網路使用者在Google搜尋引擎鍵入「kutas」這個粗俗的波蘭用語時,搜尋結果會把波蘭總統列奇.卡克辛斯基的官方網站排在第一順位。
The computer programme did something similar to a practice known as "Google bombing" that links the Web sites of politicians and companies to insulting words or phrases.
該電腦程式與一種稱為「Google 炸彈」的作法類似,會將政治人物及企業的網站,與侮辱性字眼或片語加以連結。
He has been charged with insulting the president and prosecutors said on Friday he could face up to three years in jail if convicted.
他被控污衊總統,檢方週五表示,如果罪名成立,他可能要坐牢3年。
"This is not a matter of freedom of speech," said Andrzej Holdys, a regional prosecutor in the southern town of Cieszyn.
「這無關言論自由,」南方城鎮塞斯寧的地區檢察官霍迪斯說。
"If somebody uses a derogatory word to libel the head of state than it's a clear insult which violates the law."
「如果有人用貶抑的字眼來詆毀國家元首,顯然就構成侮辱,觸犯了法律。」
Jacek Bialas of Amnesty International in Poland criticised the charges against Marek W.. "If the president felt insulted, he should have sued as a private person," he said.
國際特赦組織波蘭分會的吉斯凱‧比亞拉斯對馬瑞克‧W被控的罪名,提出抨擊。「如果總統覺得受辱,他應該以個人名義提告。」
新聞辭典
Kutas:波蘭語,意思是小鳥,但另外一個意思是男性的性器官。
| Google bomb:「Google 炸彈」,是一種試圖影響特定網頁在Google查詢結果排序的做法。依Google的特定演算法,一個被很多相同關鍵字連結到的網站,會在Google中得到一個較高網頁評價,從而影響查詢結果的排序, 即使被連結的網頁和那些關鍵字毫無關係。Google炸彈既是動詞也是名詞,或稱為Google清洗(Google Wash)。 |