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Google Redirects Chinese Users to Uncensored Hong Kong Domain, Tells Chinese Government “See, We Told You Evil Was Relative.”
The decision has been made – Google is no longer willing to to censor its search results in China.
Pinning the decision on the cyber attacks they announced on January 12, and “attempts over the last year to further limit free speech on the web…” Chinese Google users will now be redirected from Google.cn to Google.com.hk – which displays uncensored search results in simplified Chinese. David Drummond. Google’s SVP of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, notes this move “is entirely legal and will meaningfully increase access to information for people in China.”
That is, of course, until the Chinese government just pulls the plug on the whole deal. More »
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Google’s bid to make staying current nearly impossible.
As Patrick Altoft recently pointed out, Google has rolled out an astonishing number of search products in the past 90 days. 40 to be exact. Releasing just a handful of new products over the course of a year would be enough for most companies to pat themselves on the back – but what Google is accomplishing here is almost frightening.
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