Google's censorship in China
Monday, 30. January 2006, 20:01:11
I like Google, and if you read this blog regularly, you could say that I am a fan of that company. It is even more than a company nowadays. It is for me, as for many other people in the world, another word for the verb search. I read that it was even being included in some dictionary because of its widespread use.
And I almost always talk about them favorably. But this censorship issue regarding their brand new Chinese version of their portal is no good. They even changed their censorship policy, after having that page unavailable for a while.
It is interesting how big companies are able to put down their policies and their clients in favor of their own interests. Because this is what Google has done. The Chinese market is a big one, and the revenues are going to be surely juicy. It is too much money to dump just for a few lines stating that
And I almost always talk about them favorably. But this censorship issue regarding their brand new Chinese version of their portal is no good. They even changed their censorship policy, after having that page unavailable for a while.
It is interesting how big companies are able to put down their policies and their clients in favor of their own interests. Because this is what Google has done. The Chinese market is a big one, and the revenues are going to be surely juicy. It is too much money to dump just for a few lines stating that
Google does not censor results for any search term. The order and content of our results are completely automated; we do not manipulate our search results by hand. We believe strongly in allowing the democracy of the web to determine the inclusion and ranking of sites in our search results.It is no longer a broken link, but now the page reads
It is Google's policy not to censor search results. However, in response to local laws, regulations, or policies, we may do so. When we remove search results for these reasons, we display a notice on our search results pages.I have to say that it is very well written though.
