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Google Censorship
- Posted by Rob (#1) on June 12, 2006 20:44 CEST
Let's see.. we already had Google Search, Groups, News. Earth, Maps, Mail, Talk and Froogle. And Google Calendar. And now also Google Spreadsheets. I maintain: the KGB, Gestapo and Chicoms must be jealous of Google. Not too surprising then that China and Google remain bedfollows.
It is somewhat worrisome that a top player in data mining, centralisation, analysis and trending is trying to find a way to work with censorship, somehow, instead of outright rejecting it. Does the "don't be evil" mentality still apply? And if not.. then little prevents the eventual appearance of a CEO who realises Google can offer exactly what these totalitarian powers want. And then concludes to go for it, after all on the long run it never did IBM any harm.
That is surely a worst case scenario (unless you include Google selling us out to the Chicoms), but it wouldn't be evil of Google to show some backbone now.
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