Thursday, March 18, 2010

Google in China shutting down - Standing up for net neutrality

Google in China may possibly no longer be available, according to several on the web news reports. Google had originally decided to censor search results in China to be able to meet using the Chinese government’s requirements. Despite differences between Google and China, Google saw an opportunity to get their “foot within the door” to the extremely large Chinese market encouraged Google to work with the requirements of the government in China. Nonetheless, on January 12, Google announced a “New approach to China”, a movement that was initiated after multiple cyber attacks occurred on Google, in addition to on Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists and advocates.

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