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Google Blacklists CNet Reporters

Posted by Zonk on from the no-talkie dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Cnet News.com is reporting that Google is no longer talking to Cnet reporters. In an article about the search company looking for new executive chefs, the article states: 'Google representatives have instituted a policy of not talking with CNET News.com reporters until July 2006 in response to privacy issues raised by a previous story.' Apparently, Google was angered by an article published earlier by Cnet where all sorts of personal information about Google CEO Eric Schmidt was included. The information was obtained from Google searches."

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  1. How is this "censorship"? by Percent+Man · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Okay, we all enjoy the self-righteous feeling of anger we get when we see the little man with his mouth taped over. But this doesn't qualify as "censorship" - it's a business decision taken by a publicly-held company, not Big Brother cracking down on what you can or cannot say.

    The government telling you you're not allowed to say certain things, under penalty of law: censorship.
    A company deciding it's not going to do business with another (in this case, a press) company: not censorship.