Google stops censoring search results in China
BBC
22-Mar-2010 (3 comments)

Google has stopped censoring its search results in China, ignoring warnings by the country's authorities. The US company said its Chinese users would be redirected to the uncensored pages of its Hong Kong website. In January, Google had complained about a "sophisticated cyber attack originating from China". China has criticised the move, while the White House said it was dismayed that Google and China had not been able to resolve their differences.

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Jahanshah Javid

google grows balls

by Jahanshah Javid on Mon Mar 22, 2010 03:51 PM PDT

You don't often hear corporations taking on governments, especially China. This is a brave decision and challenges other web site to do the same: stand-up against state threats and censorship.


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MM

nonetheless, Google's move sends a message

by MM on Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:27 PM PDT

CNN showed a Chinese Google search of Tiananmen Square before and after censorship: 

Before: flowers, tourists, buildings, some soldiers

After: flowers, tourists, buildings, soldiers, the famous picture of a man standing in front of a column of tanks, massacre, blood

Google also took a lot of grief when it collaborated with China on identification of certain email owners who wrote anti-government emails.  I applaud Google for saying: I am mad as hell, and I ain't taking it no more. 


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Anonymous Observer

And here's China's response

by Anonymous Observer on Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:03 PM PDT

//www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/feeling-lucky/2010/03/23/china-hits-back

And you wonder where the IRI gets its ideas about internet censorship.  From its sugar daddies of course.   


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