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Wednesday Jan 25, 2006
Google agrees to provide censored version in China
This story is everywhere right now. Google, the company that has the famous motto "do no evil" has agreed to provide a special, censored version of its search engine for Chinese users. The company's argument is that it's better to be in there in some way than pull out completely.
This comes just days after Google was in the press for another reason, this time supporting its position as a company that believes in the freedom and privacy of its users. Unlike MSN and Yahoo, Google refused to hand over search logs (information on what people are searching for) to the US Justice Department; the government is hoping these logs would help them push through a law which has been widely condemned as unworkable and unconstitutional.
Both stories illustrate the massive role search engines now play in the way people live and governments govern.
Posted by Dom Waghorn
( 1:12 PM )
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