Google said on Tuesday it would launch versions of its search and news Web sites in China that censor material deemed objectionable to authorities there, reasoning that users getting limited access to content was better than none.
Google's new China search engine not only censors many Web sites that question the Chinese government, but it goes further than similar services from Microsoft and Yahoo by targeting teen pregnancy, homosexuality, dating, beer and jokes.
Government attempts to censor Internet sites are useless because people can still use e-mail or other means to spread banned information, Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates said.
A day after Google's buggy censorship of sites for Chinese-users was revealed, the search giant responded by fixing its filters so topics such as beer and jokes are no longer deleted.
Yahoo Mail will now let people register usernames that include the word "allah," after a ban designed to thwart prejudice went astray.
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US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
Charles Cooper says the tech industry should move beyond its take-it or leave-it approach to trade and human rights.
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