Google receives requests, including court orders, from many countries, for data or for removal of information on the various services it provides (search, YouTube, etc.). They’re experimenting with p … [Read more...]
Google Chinese-language search, Hong Kong, and Internet Cantonization
So the “solution” to providing uncensored Chinese-language search, at least right now (beginning 22 March, 2010), is to have Chinese citizens use google.com.hk (hk==Hong Kong) rather than mai … [Read more...]
Google.cn in again out again
I pulled together a page of references on the Google China issues, beginning with their 2006 announcement that they would begin providing filtered search results at google.cn and ending “today” with sp … [Read more...]
Google, Human Rights, Free Speech
Google's Chief Legal Officer has fired a “shot across the bow” aimed at the Chinese ship of state. In a post on the Official Google Blog a couple of hours ago, David Drummond, SVP Corporate Dev … [Read more...]
The free flow of information does not respect political borders
The free flow of information, which is facilitated by the Internet, should have no respect for political borders. Nations that try to restrict the flow of information by either cutting it off at the … [Read more...]