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Grex > Agora56 > #71: Google bows to Chinese censorship with new search site | |
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sholmes
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Google bows to Chinese censorship with new search site
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Jan 25 11:48 UTC 2006 |
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/189991/1/.ht
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Reporters Without Borders in Paris, which closely monitors restrictions on
the Internet, denounced the Google initiative as "a black day for freedom of
expression in China".
The media freedom watchdog accused Google of "hypocrisy" for giving in to
censorship in China while fighting legal battles with the US government over
access to internet users' online activities
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tod
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response 1 of 7:
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Jan 25 16:38 UTC 2006 |
Hey, we have a black month so why can't they have a black day?
Really though...why is anyone surprised that Chinese government appropriates
the technology to censor? Just because Google won the bid doesn't make them
an accomplice (their other search browser is still out there if the average
Lee in China knows how to re-direct http.)
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rcurl
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response 2 of 7:
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Jan 25 18:34 UTC 2006 |
Besides, if you drive in China you have to follow Chinese rules-of-the-road.
The same applies to running search engines there. Google follows Chinese
rules just as Google follows American rules (Google here is arguing that our
rules do not allow the government to access online activities).
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