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Google Hong Kong – The China Compromise?

March 24th, 2010

Google has stopped censoring their results in China, according to the Official Google Blog: “…earlier today we stopped censoring our search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where we are offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed for users in mainland China and [...]

 
 

Bigwigs Comment on China/Google Situation, Begin to Blog

January 30th, 2010

Ballmer and Gates have started actively blogging, as well as commenting to major media about the Google/China problem and the thrust of their first statements seem to be concerning China. Over the last few weeks, there has been much said about issues of security, privacy, and censorship as it relates to the Internet in China [...]

 
 

Google Butts Heads with China – Again

January 14th, 2010

According to the Google Blog,  China has crossed the line. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident–albeit a significant [...]

 
 

Is Internet Access a Basic Right?

June 26th, 2008

The Internet for Everyone Initiative is gaining steam. Google announced it was joining the movement, and has taken steps throughout the past few years to increase internet access for citizens within its reach. Not just any internet access; high speed access. Broadband access. The organization spearheading this movement claims that Americans pay too much for [...]