Info: Google to stop censoring results in China

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Info: Google to stop censoring results in China

Posted by admin on Jan 13th, 2010 // No Comment

Google has made a bold statement today and most would say it’s time. It has already announced not to censor search results in the Chinese version of the search engine. Apparently, they are serious, even if it ends in the closure of Google.cn. Think it is finally enough. From the Official Google Blog:

We decided that we are no longer willing to continue to censor our results on Google.cn, and so in the coming weeks we will discuss with the Chinese government’s basis on which it could operate a filtered search engine within the law, if at all . We recognize that this may mean having to close Google.cn, and potentially to our offices in China.

Part of Google’s motivation is the recent cyberattacks on Google and “at least twenty companies in other major” in the last month. The attacks and the surveillance they have discovered, along with attempts last year to further limit freedom of expression online led to this decision.

Google love or hate, can not help feeling proud of their actions in this case. Hopefully, other companies also stand.

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