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Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Wh... by mkolodny on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:36PM (#22012813)
> For regular people in China, does the addition of Google with some censorship make their life better?

I don't think so. If Chinese people want to use Google, then they have to use a VPN. And if Chinese people use a VPN, their search results won't be censored.

If Google releases a censored search engine in China, then people will have less incentive to access an uncensored one.

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Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Wh... by song on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:44PM (#22012883)
The problem is that it is becoming harder and harder to just use a VPN to the point where a lot of people no longer bother. There's value in information being easily accessible
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Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Wh... by mkolodny on Friday January 10, 2020 @04:03PM (#22015516)
If Chinese people want to access censored information, they have Baidu.
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