Google Agrees to Censor Results in China

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Google Agrees to Censor Results in China 862

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @01:19AM
from the caving-under-pressure dept.

neutralino writes "The Associated Press is reporting that Google has agreed to censor results in China. According to the article, 'Google officials characterized the censorship concessions in China as an excruciating decision for a company that adopted "don't be evil" as a motto. But management believes it's a worthwhile sacrifice.'"

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Don't^H^H^H^H^H (Score:5, Funny)

by sulli (195030) * writes: on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @01:20AM (#14554750) Journal

be evil.

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Censorship? (Score:5, Funny)

by Neo-Rio-101 (700494) writes: on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @01:21AM (#14554755)

I clicked on "Read More" as soon as the article came up and I got the message
"Nothing for you to see here, please move along"

Chinese censorship on slashdot too? 8@

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If I were Chinese... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @01:28AM (#14554790)

I would be pissed off. Then again, I probably wouldn't be reading about this.

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In touch with the people (Score:3, Funny)

by malraid (592373) writes: on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @01:31AM (#14554810)

At least Google's management are in touch with the Chinese people, the make the same wage: $1. That's really taking into account the culture of the country!

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Re:Bold Statement (Score:5, Funny)

by martinX (672498) writes: on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @01:38AM (#14554869)

what dead christians? what crushed students? i searched www.google.cn and couldn't find any of this?

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Re:Not as evil as the summery leads you to believe (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @06:56AM (#14556062)

That there's more to LIFE than money.

There's also the award-winning photography.

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Re:Not as evil as the summery leads you to believe (Score:4, Funny)

by nicklott (533496) writes: on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @08:49AM (#14556453)

Yes, but there is a cutoff. $2 billion dollars doesn't buy you any more time than $200k, it just buys you a lot more caviar.

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Don't^H^H^H^H^H (Score:5, Funny)

Censorship? (Score:5, Funny)

If I were Chinese... (Score:1, Funny)

In touch with the people (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Bold Statement (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Not as evil as the summery leads you to believe (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Not as evil as the summery leads you to believe (Score:4, Funny)

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