The search engine's compliance with the security demands of a communist state is bad news for its brand and the chinese economy
A Google search I did of the word 'courage' yielded more than 49 million results. 'Conscience' returned 32 million. 'Backbone' got more than 29 million. Too bad the company that owns the world's most-used internet search engine appears to have none of the above as it bows to China. It is releasing a version of its search tool there that excludes information censored by the government. Rather than Google.com, we should be honest and refer to it as CommunistGoogle.com. Yes, yes, we know. Google Inc. is only honouring local laws in China. And, as internet companies claim, their mere presenc...
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