Google Agrees to Censor Results in China

neutralino writes "The Associated Press is reporting that Google has agreed to censor results in China. According to the article, 'Google officials characterized the censorship concessions in China as an excruciating decision for a company that adopted "don't be evil" as a motto. But management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice.'"

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[Darkman, Walkin Dude]

Ah, I read all this with a certain sense of amusement. Its their own fault for putting the bar too high for themselves... Don't be evil, where evil is something that is determined on a personal level. PR is great till it bites you in the ass, eh? To be honest, I don't blame google for what they are doing. Its far better to be inside and able to leverage that position than to be locked out while your competitors grow fat on the leftovers.

But seriously, if I was google I would have turned that weakness into a strength. I would have set up a chinese google, entirely uncensored, with instructions on how to circumvent the great firewall. And I would be laughing while I was doing it. Because the writing is on the wall for the tinpot dictators in China. Already the worm is turning. The key words to note in that article is that vietnamese workers are already cheaper than chinese workers. They haven't got long, and google will be around far longer than the PRC in its current form.

Yes, I know business partners invested up to their necks in china would put pressure on google in that case, but google can just say, whoops, don't like it, hop on out of our search engine then. Vox populi, baby. Looks like they dropped the ball on this one.