Posted on 08/06/2018 1:27:44 PM PDT by detective
Besides clearly showing the company is willing to put profit above doing what's right, their decision to censor their search engine in China is likely to threaten their bottom line in the long run.
Should Google change its famous motto Dont be evil to something like Dont be evil when its convenient, but its okay to be evil when it means new markets and more profit? The question is pertinent, because The Intercept has reported that Google plans to launch a censored version of its search engine in China in the next six to eight months, pending the approval of Chinese regulators.
China already has one of the worlds worst records on internet freedom. The Chinese government has built a large army of censors to scrub the internet to their liking in real time. Under President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government has further tightened its control over its peoples right to free expression. Chinese censors cast a very wide net of control. Whether its The Wall Street Journal site or the image of Winnie the Pooh, whether its a serious topic or something funny anything the government doesnt like, or any phrase or images even remotely associated to anything the government doesnt like, is either banned, blocked or simply disappears.
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It shows that the management at Google despises America and the American people. And that Google is more than willing to conspire with the government of Communist China.
Google needs to be forced to divest Android.
Google is a traitor to the Republic. Arrest the management.
The problem is that google has a leftist religious definition of the word evil. By their definition, promoting leftist philosophy is good, regardless of the means chosen to do so.
I need a new email account.
One can tell that just from their cartoon every day.
Um.... Google is NOT AVAILABLE in China.
666: Mark of Devil
1984: Mark of Google
Sure, but as long as there is no antitrust enforcement, what is the downside for Google? They don’t care if conservatives are mad at them - provided that those conservatives don’t take any actual legislative action. And thus far, thanks to industry lobbying, there is no risk of that happening.
“Um.... Google is NOT AVAILABLE in China.”
You should read the article. You might actually learn something.
From the article:
Google plans to launch a censored version of its search engine in China in the next six to eight months, pending the approval of Chinese regulators.
Sadly, what you point out is the reality of the situation.
In my unprofessional opinion, these corporations are either de facto monopolies or bordering on it. That should at least be looked into by the Feds.
Isn’t there a ‘bust the trust’ gang in this administration?
I don't think the average citizen realizes just how deep the penetration of the left is into our society and how close we are to losing America to the oligarchs. We are thisclose to losing the Republic our Founders gave us. If we lose Trump...well you figure it out. Vote dammit!!!
Have the State Department declare them to be an agent of the Chinese government and then investigate every nook, cranny and bodily orifice in the company. Shouldn’t take long to find violations that can be prosecuted.
BUMP
BUST THESE MONOPOLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suckaburger’s wife is mainland Chinese and very well connected to the ruling political class ... what do you expect?
Well, if they can’t put it in the FIRST sentence, I can’t be expected to see it! /sarc
I scanned quickly, but somehow missed that key feature.
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