PR: New Google Search Engine In China
Google launches a new search engine in China to gain access to their over 100 million searchers. However, the catch is that they will have to censor the results according to rules set by the Chinese government.
Google will censor searches related to, but not limited to:
- Human rights
- Tibet
- The word “democracy”
- and pretty much any other topic sensitive to Beijing
MSN reported that within minutes of launching, Google was already finding themselves blocking tons of websites related to the exact topics that were censored.
Google has been known to have the motto “Don’t be evil.” Given that, they’re coming under quite a bit of heat for having agreed to this deal.
But, let’s face it - 100 million searchers!
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