Google, don't politicalize yourself — China's official news agency

Re:Google, don't politicalize yourself — China's official ne... by ibarrac on Monday March 22, 2010 @11:30PM (#1212129)

Yes, online gabling is mostly illegal, thus my "minor exceptions".

But all types of porn except child porn are allowed as far as I know. Definitely all types of anti-government websites are allowed. The first amendment confers very strong protection on free speech.

This Chinese news release is trying to mislead. I think the average Chinese citizen would be shocked to learn the level of freedom of expression and access to information in the US.

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Re:Google, don't politicalize yourself — China's official ne... by ibarrac on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @08:30AM (#1212727)

I think that free speech is a basic human right, not an American cultural value.

The Chinese government is trying to evoke feelings of xenophobia and fear of cultural imperialism to justify its control of information and muzzling of criticism. In this case, it is a total feint to redirect attention away from a core issue: that an uncensored Google lets you find anything, including "objectionable" information. That's not an American idea. The ability to search for information is a core human right.

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Re:Google, don't politicalize yourself — China's official ne... by nostrademons on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @02:11AM (#1212350)

The Chinese people always have the option to simply not use Google.

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Re:Google, don't politicalize yourself — China's official ne... by fnid2 on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @04:05AM (#1212478)

And the numbers seem to indicate that they are choosing to use Baidu over Google more and more. Google has less than 20% of the search market in china and it's declining.

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