Comments on: Google’s philosophy tested

By: Google gets its mojo back

Google gets its mojo back — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:55:56 +0000

[...] its search engine in China in 2006, I was among those who criticised the company for its decision (here and [...]

By: MatGB

MatGB — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:02:27 +0000

Owen, afraid I disagree completely; just posted a bt on it, then came to this tab to read the Oaten comments. From what I just put up: "Every time Google.cn tells its users that they're being censored by the govt, the odds of change from within increase." I truly believe both that Google had no real choice and that by displaying the results skipped bit they're actually doing good; the other search engines in the market aren't doing that. They've also got a direct link to their Chinese langage .com, which isn't censored. Works for me.

By: HispaLibertas » 25 de Enero

HispaLibertas » 25 de Enero — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:52:21 +0000

[...] No he podido encontrar ni un solo blog a favor de la decisión, aunque debo reconocer que por motivos de idioma no he mirado en la blogosfera china y por motivos de buen gusto no he mirado en la página del CAC, que sin duda se relame ante un futuro Google de la Generalidad que impida el acceso a las páginas de la COPE (o de Hispalibertas) Owen´s Musings repasa con delectación los principios de actuación de Google, especialmente los siguientes: 4. La Democracia en la Web funciona. 6. Puedes hacer dinero sin hacer daño. 8. La necesidad de la información cruza todas las fronteras. [...]

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:18:47 +0000

I agree with Alex. And I would add this: there are time when you just have to stand up for your principles.

By: Alex Gregory

Alex Gregory — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:43:56 +0000

Hugo, I would’ve thought that the Chinese government would care. Denying them google would mean that China has to resort to worse search engines, and presumably better search engines have /some/ benefit otherwise we wouldn’t be using them in the first place. Secondly, I really can’t imagine that the Chinese government will go to the effort of censoring tonnes and tonnes of sites with certain types of content and fail to also censor any search engines that don’t comply with their rules. Alex

By: Hugo

Hugo — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:19:31 +0000

Okay what would you like, not give the Chinese access to Google? The Chinese government won’t care and the people won’t know. At least access to Google in some form (note that Google will mention when results are censored) will promote a more open society than what it’s now.Also this restriction of the Chinese government only applies to the Google server run in CHina. So the Chinese people can still get past the restriction by accessing the Google.com server in the US.