[Constitution Day]

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[GovernmentShrinker]

To be fair, Google also complies with established law in this country (and others). We just happen to like our laws better than Chinese laws.

[abb]

Here's more - Google shows its true colors

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B254DB30A%2DB720%2D4B94%2D90C3%2D7DBAF258DE2A%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=

[The Great RJ]

Imagine if the UN ran the Internet. Such censorship would be global.

[Dan Evans]

Nothing new to see here. Not much different than importing Chinese goods made by slave labor.

[Gay State Conservative]

Saw a piece on the BBC News last night about this.It mentioned Falun Gong,the group that the Chinese government is trying to destroy.When I entered that name,all that came up were articles that criticized it...calling it a cult and things like that.

So I guess google will "assist" the Chinese government in quashing a harmless group like Falun Gong,but won't lift a finger for our government in quashing islamic terrorists or porn merchants.

[Czar]

"First, do no harm..."

[NoClones]

no surprise here...

...the liberals that run google feel that the USA is evil and that the chi-coms are good

[Wolfie]

Our "global" corporations sell us out the Chinese each and every day. Child and slave labor making the cheap crap that stocks our shelves is far worse than what Yahoo is doing.

[shuckmaster]

Can you name any other American corporations that do business in China without obeying the laws in China? If not, then why is Google the only corporation being singled out in such a ridiculous way?

[hershey]

This is appalling. Lou Dobbs discussed this last night on CNN at length. Google and Yahoo and the rest need a good swift kick in the pants.

[Dat Mon]

ARTICLE..."Google will actively assist the Chinese government in barring access to thousands of web sites and search terms, in fact anything on the world wide web the Chinese feel might destablize its authoritarian government. It will also eliminate the blogging and email services it offers elsewhere in the world."

I cant believe this is even an issue of debate on this forum. FR posters should recognize better than most, the importance of COMPLETE, UNFETTERED, UNCENSORED, news and information. After all, FR is the site most responsible for RATHERGATE.

For years, the mainstream press used selective information dispersal, giving people the false illusion of honesty and complete and unbiased news reporting, in order to further a liberal political agenda. And everyone blasted them for doing so.

Now, apparently, it is OK for a company to participate in a similar subtle form of government sponsored mind control / propaganda, provided that there is a practical financial reward for doing so. Give people just a little freedom and honesty, i.e, a Potemkin democracy, this is better than none at all, you see.

BullSht.

[hedgetrimmer]

Sites Blocked in China - Highlights

The listings below give specific web sites found to be blocked in China. Where available, each page's listing includes its HTML title, its META keywords and description, its Yahoo Directory and Google Directory category classifications, and its Google inbound link count. These details are as retrieved in November 2002. All "blocked on" reports refer to testing in the year 2002.

As detailed in the technical appendix, the overwhelming majority of listed sites were found to be blocked in their entirety. The listing below includes a notation when our testing specifically confirms the blocking of additional portions of a site. Where indicated, blocking of entire sites was confirmed on the basis of DNS redirection. The appendix also provides details as to the method of calculation and presentation of "blocking quotient" data.

[Right Wing Assault]

a football player named Zhang Linbao

I think this is Rush Limbaugh's Chinese cousin.

[Paul Ross]

Pinging.

[Mogengator]

So today, Google, all by itself, has a larger market capitalization than the entire U.S. newspaper industry.

Do I detect the faint sound of whining from E&P? After the newspapers go belly up there won't be much need for E&P will there? The next generation won't believe that we once got our news by squashing trees flat and smearing ink on them.

Also, I see no mention in the E&P whine that Yahoo acquiesced to the Chinese objections some time ago. As another poster pointed out, if you want to do business in a country, you obey the laws of that country

Essentially, Google has said that they can do more good (less evil) by being in China and going along with the program than by not being in China at all.

[UCANSEE2]

Which is exactly what Hillary would like to do to the internet.