Google is "no longer willing to censor its Chinese search engine - google.cn." since it discovered that someone was hacking the gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8455712.stm
"This is a high stakes game for Google which has said that over the next few weeks it hopes to sit down with the Chinese government to work out a deal that would let it operate an unfiltered search engine.
In its blogpost, Google said it may well shut down its operation and close its office in China unless that happens......
Some industry experts worry that it could complicate matters for other tech companies sensitive to being seen as accomplices of the Chinese government."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/maggieshiels/2010/01/the_google_v_china_face_off.html
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I think Google doth protest too much.
ReplyDeleteWhen then grow a pair that allows then to complete the "Islam is".. autosuggestion in google search, they might have the moral standing to complain about the chinese