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Google Moving PRC Records Out of China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the covering-their-bases dept.

Lam1969 writes "Google says it is moving search records out of China and back to the U.S. to prevent the Chinese government from accessing them, reports Computerworld. Additionally, the company will let Chinese users know when search results are being censored. According to Peter Norvig, Google's director of research, 'Some of the people want to query about democracy, but most of them just want to know about their pop stars.'"

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  1. Oh! by Chordonblue · · Score: 4, Funny

    'Some of the people want to query about democracy, but most of them just want to know about their pop stars.'

    Sooo... They're like your average American then? :)

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  2. Because that could *never* happen here... by pla · · Score: 4, Insightful

    back to the U.S. to prevent the Chinese government from accessing them

    Yeah, great idea - Because, y'know, the "land of the free" would never try to force Google to turn over its search records. And certainly never for something as frivolous as trying to further the religious agenda of right-wing crackpots... Oh, I mean "democracy". Slip of the tongue there, please ignore it.


    So will we hear tomorrow that they've moved all search records involving porn to Japan, to protect them from the US government?