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January 28, 2006

Tiananmen Squared != Google

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According to these images found on Google China, Tiananmen Square seems like such a nice place to visit, or stage a protest. Contrast this with the uncensored version here.

Contrast some other image search key words like liberty, freedom, capitalism, democracy, and so forth. It's like trying to find a conservative audiobook on iTunes.

Communism. God love it. Let's give it another try here in America. [Slaps Noam Chomsky]

Looks like it's time to dust off Yahoo as my engine of choice, once again.

Hat tip to Junkyard Blog, Michelle Malkin, and Wanderlust (for the image).

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Rammage Posted by Rammage on January 28, 2006 at 04:26 PM

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/tongueincheek='on' style='firmly'

Google is a business just like any other. They're providing a service to the public and they have an obligation to their shareholders to make sure they penetrate that growing and important market.

If their customer (the Chinese government) wants them to tailor the product to their needs then they're just doing what all good Capitalist corporations do and meeting the needs of their market.

It's a global marketplace don't ya know. Gotta stay competitive! That's what Capitalism is all about!

Don't think of it as "censorship" - think of it as "innovation" driven by the market.

/tongueincheek="off"

Posted by: Mac at January 29, 2006 9:28 PM

Try misspelling "Tiananmen" as "Tianenmen" and see what you get...

Posted by: Harrison at January 29, 2006 10:35 PM

Mac says he's being tongue in cheek, but not everybody who defends Google is. Check it out here


Posted by: wulf at January 30, 2006 9:15 AM

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