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January 12, 2010
Google Gets Tough on China
These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered
-- combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web--have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China. -- Official Google Blog: A new approach to ChinaWe hope they mean it and are not just posing.
Posted by Vanderleun at January 12, 2010 10:07 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.