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Does Google Censor Chinese News?

Posted by timothy on from the except-for-all-the-others dept.

mOoZik writes "A story carried by New Scientist suggests that Google might be playing into the hands of the Chinese government by blocking certain news stories which may be deeded inappropriate. Some users recently reported that Google's Chinese news search returned different results depending when they searched using a computer based outside of China. The claims were substantiated by researchers who connected to computers inside the country. Read on and decide for yourself."

5 of 547 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No, it isn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Close. Replace "Chinese society and sensitivities" with "Chinese government" and you're dead on.

  2. Bears Defecate In Woods. Official. by Dr.Knackerator · · Score: 4, Funny

    Company chooses to make money over being banned shock!

  3. So, okay, let me get this straight by stinky+wizzleteats · · Score: 3, Funny
    Google:
    • Won't post (paid for) ads about firearms products.
    • Will assist a repressive regime in censoring information from its people.
  4. Re:No, it isn't by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 2, Funny
    Why does Google not just return a page saying: "this link and its cache is censored by your governement"?
    Maybe because saying such things is not allowed by the aforementioned law?

    My guess is the law itself is also censored under that law, so you can't really read it. But it's still there.

  5. Re:rephrase by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Change has to come from within, not be imposed from outside

    You must not be American.