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Dissecting Localized Google Censorship
carpe_noctem writes "Linuxsecurity.com has a link to a rather interesting story regarding Google's use of localized censorship. While not much information is given from the political side of why Google might be censoring information likely to annoy certain governments, it certainly isn't the first time Google has come under fire for censoring results on account of external pressures. Makes one wonder how many pages get filtered out around the world."
Of course Google has the right, as a for-profit business, to do as it pleases (within the bounds of the law). I don't believe that this is the point of this article.
Since Google is perhaps the world's most heavily-used search engine, it is critical for the public to understand how it works, what it does, and what it does not do.
The argument that, "Google is private, so who cares," is tantamount to McDonald's making their burgers out of tofu and not publicizing it. While it may not be illegal and it may be the right of the company, it sure as hell is news and I, as a McDonald's customer, definitely want to know what lies between the buns.