Google bows to China pressure

Iria · Jan 25, 2006, 04:16 PM

Bowing to Chinese laws, Google Inc. has agreed to censor search results about topics forbidden by the government there, eliciting scathing criticism from civil rights advocates.

The popular search engine will block results that include such terms as "free Tibet," "democracy" and "Falun Gong" as part of a Chinese Web site the company is introducing today.

The Mountain View company's decision illustrates some of the compromises companies make to do business in the world's most populous nation. China's government puts tight controls on what citizens can read and filters the Web to block access to any material it deems harmful.
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Logla · Jan 26, 2006, 12:33 AM

Saw this on the news tonight. And I'm hardly suprised. This is China we're talking about after all.

Shuflie · Jan 26, 2006, 11:15 AM

Is anything stopping chinese people accessing other google websites? For example, I'm thinking of going to South Africa this year, but instead of searching on google.com or google.co.uk I used google.co.za to search for pages located in south africa.

Jan 25, 2006, 04:16 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Google bows to China pressure Bowing to Chinese laws, Google Inc. has agreed to censor search results about topics forbidden by the government there, eliciting scathing criticism from civil rights advocates. The popular search engine will block results that include such terms as "free Tibet," "democracy" and "Falun Gong" as part of a Chinese Web site the company is introducing today. The Mountain View company's decision illustrates some of the compromises companies make to do business in the world's most populous nation. China's government puts tight controls on what citizens can read and filters the Web to block access to any material it deems harmful. _________ Read More / Source: SFGate

Jan 26, 2006, 12:33 AM	#2
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Saw this on the news tonight. And I'm hardly suprised. This is China we're talking about after all.

Jan 26, 2006, 11:15 AM	#3
Shuflie DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Belfast Posts: 269 Rep Power: 0	Is anything stopping chinese people accessing other google websites? For example, I'm thinking of going to South Africa this year, but instead of searching on google.com or google.co.uk I used google.co.za to search for pages located in south africa.