business.guardian.co.uk— Google's decision to censor its search engine in China was bad for the company, its founders admitted.
Jan 27, 2007View in Crawl 4
no duh. Google didn't want to censor results in China, but figured it was better than not being in China at all. Gosh, that was announced like half a year ago. This is REALLY old "duh" news. I don't even know why it'd take an article to talk about it, especially NOW.
Well, Google was in no position to make demands. Sometimes you have to compromise even though it goes against your own gut. I still find it shocking that no one under 25 in China knows anything about the Tianamen Square massacre because that is omitted from all the textbooks, news, and yes...Google China. I saw that on a PBS program. ;)
Respect > Money ???The only way respect is more important than money is when respect brings money.Sooner or later China will open up, and all Google will remember is that they made the right decision to make more money: ignore all morals.
@Servo888: You're absolutely correct. Google should live up to their supposed motto about not being evil (I take censorship as evil for granted). Microsoft and Yahoo don't get the same rap because they never said they weren't evil in the first place. Hypocrisy loud and clear. And to everyone else out there who says companies don't have to be moral - I agree! But then they shouldn't explicitly say they aren't going to be evil...and then act contrary to that principle. That is, if they don't want to get trashed for acting that way as Google does.
devindotcomJan 28, 2007
yeah, I haven't seen any ads in ages. Sometimes when I have to open up IE or safari or something, I see a few, and they look really weird to me.
champzillaJan 28, 2007
Whoopsy!Digg me over for messing up!
dengzhiJan 28, 2007
China owns!
personJan 28, 2007
no duh. Google didn't want to censor results in China, but figured it was better than not being in China at all. Gosh, that was announced like half a year ago. This is REALLY old "duh" news. I don't even know why it'd take an article to talk about it, especially NOW.
jesusissatanJan 28, 2007
Well, Google was in no position to make demands. Sometimes you have to compromise even though it goes against your own gut. I still find it shocking that no one under 25 in China knows anything about the Tianamen Square massacre because that is omitted from all the textbooks, news, and yes...Google China. I saw that on a PBS program. ;)
rslcJan 28, 2007
I tried to post the CHINA version of YOUTUBE here in DIGG but the site was BANNED ?!?!???Anyone know why??? :)
blackjack75Jan 28, 2007
Respect > Money ???The only way respect is more important than money is when respect brings money.Sooner or later China will open up, and all Google will remember is that they made the right decision to make more money: ignore all morals.
blackjack75Jan 28, 2007
Except of course, your answer.
junestagFeb 10, 2007
@Servo888: You're absolutely correct. Google should live up to their supposed motto about not being evil (I take censorship as evil for granted). Microsoft and Yahoo don't get the same rap because they never said they weren't evil in the first place. Hypocrisy loud and clear. And to everyone else out there who says companies don't have to be moral - I agree! But then they shouldn't explicitly say they aren't going to be evil...and then act contrary to that principle. That is, if they don't want to get trashed for acting that way as Google does.