Google is defending its self-censoring of its new search engine in China as a trade-off granting Chinese Internet users greater access to other information. Although Google's motto is "Don't Be Evil," the California-based company's agreement to censor material about human rights, Tibet and other topics sensitive to Beijing is being criticized by media watchdogs, who have also chided Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN.com for submitting to China's regime.
February 01, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Google Inc. launched a search engine in China that censors material about human rights, Tibet and other topics sensitive to Beijing — defending the move as a trade-off granting Chinese greater access to other information.
Within minutes of the launch Jan. 25 of the new site bearing China’s Web suffix “.cn,” searches for the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement showed scores of sites omitted and users directed to articles condemning the group posted on Chinese government Web sites.
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