Google Admits China Censorship Was Damaging

pilsner.urquell writes to let us know about a wide-ranging interview with Google's founders from Davos, Switzerland. Larry Page and Sergey Brin admitted that allowing China to censor its search engine did harm to the company in its Western markets. Quoting the Guardian article: "Asked whether he regretted the decision, Mr. Brin admitted yesterday: 'On a business level, that decision to censor... was a net negative.'" The reporter concludes that Google is unlikely to revise its Chinese censorship policy any time soon.

Comments

Good to hear

[It doesn't come easy]

Maybe they'll consider the consequences of their actions the next time they have to make a similar choice...

Squashing mod points...

[thrill12]

... but google seems a little bit "evil" here, and they seem to admit it.
Now mod me down and be off with it - don't forget to put on that blinker.