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.
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.
Internet censorship should be treated as a barrier to trade, according to the chief executive of search and advertising giant Google.
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.
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.
As the essential tool for the wired generation, Google's search engine has come to embody the zeitgeist of the noughties -- one of information overload and instant gratification. But is it dangerous for a tech company to have such cultural influence?
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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