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Chinese Professor Sues Google, Yahoo Over Search Exclusion

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the temper-tantrum dept.

Techdirt points out that while there have been many lawsuits over someone's Google-rank, a Chinese professor is suing Google and Yahoo for removing all mention of him in China. "Google and Yahoo, of course, have agreed to play by local rules in China, upsetting many. Legally, it would seem like this suit has little chance of success — but I doubt that he cares about the legal result. What this actually does is to call attention to his plight — and on that front, it's clearly a successful strategy."

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  1. Communist China != Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because as we all know...

    Drum roll...

    Wait for it...

    In Soviet Russia, search engine sues YOU!

    Thank you everybody.

  2. He will be excluded (not virtually) by tsbiscaro · · Score: 1, Funny

    Probably China will "exclude" this guy anyway. For real.

    Ah, the joys of communism...