Google's new China search engine not only censors many Web sites that question the Chinese government, but it goes further than similar services from Microsoft and Yahoo by targeting teen pregnancy, homosexuality, dating, beer and jokes.While it appears that some of the poor search results on the new Google.cn site are because of errors, most are attributable to Google's volunteering to help the Chinese government censor the exchange of ideas. Read the whole thing.
In addition, CNET News.com has found that contrary to Google founder Sergey Brin's promise to inform users when their search results are censored, the company frequently filters out sites without revealing it.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
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Gosh the first words that popped into my head were "that's unAmerican." But then I guess that's the point isn't it. Where are they human rights? Not just American? This just tears at me to think that the clock has stopped in that part of the world.
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