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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. Uh, what? by Artuir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +1 informative? Are the moderators getting as lazy as the editors now? Zonk's gonna have to kick it up a notch to stay in the lead.

    1. Re:Uh, what? by bubezleeb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Agreed. Even though Yakov Smirnoff was not funny, an obscure reference always is. +5 Funny.

    2. Re:Uh, what? by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The problem is that no karma is rewarded for a 'funny' moderation. I tend to use insightful or underrated for jokes when I get mod points.

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