Posted on 08/13/2008 7:33:46 PM PDT by Andy from Beaverton
My colleague John Markoff wrote earlier Tuesday about the barrage of cyber-attacks on Georgia’s technology infrastructure. Others have covered the story as well.
But not all stories appear to be accurate. Several reports suggest that data from Georgia and the neighboring countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan has been stripped from Google Maps. One story says that “the relevant maps went blank as soon as fighting broke out,” according to the Azerbaijan Press Agency.
(Excerpt) Read more at bits.blogs.nytimes.com ...
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Maybe not, but Russia is trying to erase Georgia from the map, at least as the free and democratic ally of the U.S. that it is.
Google slants the news they make available, plays with their maps, etc., etc...
They fancy themselves the part of the new MSM that will live on long after the dinosaur newspress is fully marginalized.
Their die is already cast. They’ve made their decisions.
So much for Google’s motto: “Do no evil”
Anyone else notice that on the Google News site, everyday since the war broke out, they have been using “Russia Today” for video news updates on the Georgia conflict which is nothing more Kremlin propaganda broadcast in English?
The funny thing is I do believe, in their own misguided way, that they do think they really are “doing good.”
That’s the difference between conservatives and liberals - good intentioned liberals act on the way the world should ideally work, and conservatives, accepting the weaknesses of man, operate based on the way the world really works. You’re not going to change mankind’s weaknesses and the pitfalls of the lowest common denominator morality.
Sorry—anyone who just takes a country off the map without warning cannot be seen by any rational person as doing good.
One of the 2 founders of Google, Sergei Brin is a Russkie. Nuff said.
As a warning, Russian hackers took down Google's email for 45 minutes.
/ sarcasm
Data might be missing from Google maps but the maps seem to be fine. i am looking at them.
Earlier I was looking for Ts'khinvali. No luck finding it on Google Maps. However, it was easy to find on Microsoft's mapping site. However, Google's aerial view of that city is considerably better than Microsoft's.
I looked at Georgia (on Google) the night Russia invaded. There were cities and roads on the map.
Now there is nothing.
bumping to make a point that Google deleted the roads in Georgia
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