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Google Enumerates Government Requests
D H NG writes "In the aftermath of Google's exit from mainland China, it had sought to be more open about what it censors. Google has launched a new tool to track the number of government requests targeted at Google and YouTube. These include both requests for data and requests to take down data. A quick look at the tool shows that Brazil is the top country in both categories (largely because Orkut is popular there), and information for China cannot be disclosed because 'Chinese officials consider censorship demands as state secrets.' As part of its four-part plan, Google hopes to change the behavior of repressive governments, establish guiding principles for dealing with issues of free expression, build support online to protest repression, and better provide resources and support for developing technology designed to combat and circumvent Internet censorship."
"I guess we can't have a completely free internet (Google self censors);
You're free to post anything you want on your site, within the laws of your country. Move to the right country and you're totally free to post anything.
Google is also free to -not- post things to their site that they don't want to.
Sounds like it's 'completely free' to me.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
Because this is what happens to people who "leak" "state secrets".
Writing a story denouncing a politician can get you a lawsuit.
More likely, it will get you a lawsuit for libel.
Brazilian law is very repressive. It's ranked as "Partly Free" by the Freedom House on its Map of Press Freedom.
Unfortunately, public awareness for this kind of issue is very low.
English is not my first language. Corrections and suggestions are welcome.
Google China's top sale (Zhongjie Song) has joined Chinese yellow page website www.aibang.com as president.
The top R/D person (Jin Wang) joined google's direct competitor Baidu as vice president.
I think I know what other google's employees in China are busy with recently? And I don't see why they will end up in jail.
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