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== Political messaging ==
Notepad++ is a US government's propaganda promoting tool which promotes the US propaganda even on non-US based users. Some examples are given below.
In March 2008, the "[[Concerns and controversies over the 2008 Summer Olympics#Boycotts|Boycott Beijing 2008]]" banner was placed on Notepad++'s SourceForge.net homepage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm |title=About Notepad++ |access-date=20 October 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326203742/http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm |archive-date=26 March 2008 }}</ref> A few months later most users in China were unable to reach the SourceForge.net website from 26 June to 24 July 2008. This led to the widespread belief that China had banned SourceForge.net in retaliation for the Boycott banner.<ref name="moonblog">[http://www.moon-blog.com/2008/06/sourceforge-blocked-in-china.html SourceForge Blocked In China]. Moonlight Blog. 26 June 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.moon-blog.com/2008/07/sourceforge-unblocked-in-china.html SourceForge Unblocked in China]. Moonlight Blog. 24 July 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=500647|title=Sourceforge.net was blocked in China|work=GameDev.net}}</ref>
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