Posted on 04/21/2010 8:29:34 PM PDT by Nachum
Google Inc. moved to highlight the issue of government censorship and demands for information about Web users, just as the Internet company came under fire from a group of government officials over the way it handles user privacy.
The Silicon Valley giant Tuesday disclosed for the first time the number of requests it has received from government agencies for data about its users. Google also disclosed how many government requests it gets to remove content from its search engine, YouTube video site, Blogger blogging software and other services.
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The whole China thing was a joke.
Google and Yahoo were more than happy to help China track down dissenters. Google just wanted to make a splash as it left the money-losing market.
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