At long last, China and the United States are on the same cyberpage. A U.S. district judge in Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit brought by activists who claimed that Baidu, China’s largest search engine, should be punished — along with China itself — for censoring them on the Web. First filed in May 2011, the case involved eight New York writers and video producers who said that Baidu and China violated their First Amendment rights by nixing their political musings from Baidu search results.
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US Judge Tosses Censorship Claims Against Baidu, China
Posted by: David Vranicar March 26, 2013 09:29 AMAt long last, China and the United States are on the same cyberpage. A U.S. district judge in Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit brought by activists who claimed that Baidu, China’s largest search engine, should be punished — along with China itself — for censoring them on the Web. First filed in May 2011, the case involved eight New York writers and video producers who said that Baidu and China violated their First Amendment rights by nixing their political musings from Baidu search results.