MUST READ: Google may end China operations over data breach

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
Date: January 13, 2010 12:18:16 AM EST
To: dave () farber net, "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] ] MUST READ: Google may end China operations over data breach

What I find extremely interesting is that Google is protesting censorship by the Chinese government but is willingly 
cooperating with the Indian government to censor not only searches but also online discussions; see

http://www.inquisitr.com/3901/google-training-censorship-police-in-india/

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/13/india_googles_orkut_.html

http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/22/india-google-assists-police-in-orkut-users-arrest/

This inconsistency makes one wonder whether Google is sincere in its condemnation of Chinese censorship, or whether it 
is considering abandoning China because it is having difficulty making a profit there and is being beaten by local 
competitor Baidu; see

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/10/26/googles-chinese-competitor-baidu-doubles-profit

--Brett Glass






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