Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Google Defies The Chinese Government

Google In China

American search giant Google has defied the Chinese government by not filtering and censoring their search results in China. Many expect the Chinese government to revoke Google's domain name in their country.

Google, was it really the best move to do this. You were in China when many can't get in. You were reaching 20% of the Chinese search audience. Isn't it better to reach some of the people with restrictions, than reach no one at all, for flouting their laws.

Google Uncensors China Search Engine

By Ryan Singel March 22, 2010 - Google made good Monday on its promise to stop filtering search results in China, and is redirecting all visitors to Google.cn to its unfiltered Chinese search engine in Hong Kong. But China is certain to get the last word by taking back control of the internet address Google has used there for four years...

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