The group Reporters Without Borders is blasting search engine leader Google for its supposed complicity in government censorship, requesting that the popular Web tool provider pull its news service that excludes content not approved by the Chinese government. The group, which has been critical of content and technology providers including Yahoo, Google and Cisco, argues that the censored Internet resources and tools to produce them are unethical and socially irresponsible.
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Google’s China Filtering Draws Fire
Posted by: Jay Lyman December 1, 2004 11:52 AMThe group Reporters Without Borders is blasting search engine leader Google for its supposed complicity in government censorship, requesting that the popular Web tool provider pull its news service that excludes content not approved by the Chinese government. The group, which has been critical of content and technology providers including Yahoo, Google and Cisco, argues that the censored Internet resources and tools to produce them are unethical and socially irresponsible.