Microsoft agreed to block the blog of a Chinese writer!
Yahoo agreed to provide the IP address of a person to Chinese authorities who was using Yahoo mail to send some information related to China.
Both Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to follow the Chinese local laws for wanting to do business there.
Both Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to provide details regarding search data asked by US govt.
But when Google introduced filtered search results for one of their sites to abide by the local laws in China, there is huge cry about it. It is interesting to note that the results are filtered only at google.cn site. If a user does not want filtered results, google.com and scores of sites like google.co.uk etc. can be used. In this context there seems to be too much noise regarding this issue.
I guess, google is paying the price of being famous. One thinks of Google when one thinks about internet. It has also become synonymous for innovation and success. It is not just Google's philosophy, "Don't be evil" that is being ridiculed and is responsible for so much of negative publicity since all corporations claim to back great philosophies and appear evil at times.
Yahoo agreed to provide the IP address of a person to Chinese authorities who was using Yahoo mail to send some information related to China.
Both Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to follow the Chinese local laws for wanting to do business there.
Both Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to provide details regarding search data asked by US govt.
But when Google introduced filtered search results for one of their sites to abide by the local laws in China, there is huge cry about it. It is interesting to note that the results are filtered only at google.cn site. If a user does not want filtered results, google.com and scores of sites like google.co.uk etc. can be used. In this context there seems to be too much noise regarding this issue.
I guess, google is paying the price of being famous. One thinks of Google when one thinks about internet. It has also become synonymous for innovation and success. It is not just Google's philosophy, "Don't be evil" that is being ridiculed and is responsible for so much of negative publicity since all corporations claim to back great philosophies and appear evil at times.