Google Still At War With China Over Results Filtering

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Google Still At War With China Over Results Filtering

kidder

9:18 pm on Mar 11, 2010 (gmt 0)

Our local news reported today that Google is refusing to bend for China. If they start going down that path for one government it gets hard to draw a line one would assume. I'm not a fan of censorship on the internet at any level so it's good to see Google taking a stand, with such a big bucket of money in play I wonder how the shareholders are dealing with it..

nomis5

1:02 pm on Mar 13, 2010 (gmt 0)

Friday 12th, this was reported by the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8564822.stm):

Mr Li said that whether the firm quits China or not is "up to them", saying the internet would flourish in China regardless.
"I hope that Google will abide and respect the Chinese government's laws and regulations," he said.
"But, if you betray Chinese laws and regulations... it means that you are unfriendly, irresponsible, and you will have to pay the consequences."

There were some other stern words from the Chinese authorities to Google. Looks like something will happen soon.