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Google Agrees to Censor Results in China

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the caving-under-pressure dept.

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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  1. 1.3 billion crimes against humanity by DigiShaman · · Score: 0, Troll

    I totally agree. When I first read about this on Drudgereport.com, I about choked up!!!

    Google has just commited major crimes against humanity, and as such I vow to never use them again. No, I'm serious!

    Google, could have decided to pull support all togeather. They didn't. They got greedy at the expense of 1.3 billion.

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    Life is not for the lazy.
  2. Re:Are these the sacrifices Larry was talking abou by drDugan · · Score: 0, Troll

    While the rest of the world moves toward abolition

    What world do *you* live in? In the last 5 years since December 2000, the USA has been totally lost toward secrecy, corruption and breaking our own laws.

  3. Re:Not as evil as the summery leads you to believe by FireBreathingDog · · Score: 0, Troll
    You see, an act in and of itself is neither good nor evil. An act is good or evil depending on who does it. By definition, if Microsoft does something, it is evil. If Google does the same thing, it is good.

    Similarly, if the U.S. censors something, it is bad. If China does it, it is good. If Bill Clinton starts a war, it is good. If George W. Bush does, it is bad. If the economy has 5% unemployment under a Democratic president, the economy is doing well. If it has 5% unemployment under a Republican president, it is doing poorly.

    Are you beginning to understand?

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    Shame on Google.
  4. Re:Bold Statement by moochfish · · Score: 0, Troll

    Speaking of not doing evil, I'd say purposely breaking the law is quite evil. That said, complying with the law is an important part of being good, even if you disagree with the law. Crossing that line and deciding which laws you'll follow is how you end up with massive fraud like Enron, anti-trust cases such as MS, price fixing by companies like the RIAA or the oil industry, the mafia and gangs, Bush and his wiretapping, and even terrorists.

    At least google is telling people when censorship is occuring as well as providing a valuable service.

  5. the Soviet Union would still be on by BBird · · Score: 0, Troll

    If this type of attitudes were the norm in the
    80's, the soviet union would still
    be on subjugating its citizens and its neighbours.
    Well, actualy they area actively trying again.