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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."

2 of 547 comments (clear)

  1. Are you surprised? by drewbradford · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What's controversial about that?

    It makes sense for a company to comply with the laws of companies in which they target consumers.

    It seems to me that if Google did not take steps to block certain contact, the site might be banned entirely in China.

    Chinese users still have the traditional means of bypassing such measures, such as anonymous proxies.

  2. Re:That's just business.. by nsample · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What happened to "do no evil?" Isn't facilitating censorship in China tacit support of that regime? Are dollars so important post-IPO that Google will abandon its first principle? :(