In mid—2005, Google established a direct sales presence in China. In January 2006, Google rolled out its
Chinese home page, which is hosted on servers based in
China and maintained by Chinese employees in Beijing and Shanghai. Upon launch, Google stated that its objective was to give Chinese users “the greatest amount of
information possible." It was immediately apparent that
this was not the same as “access to all information." ln
accordance with Chinese regulations, Google had decided to engage in self-censorship, excluding results on
such politically sensitive topics as democratic reform,
Taiwanese independence, the banned Falun Gong movement and references to the notorious Tiananmen Square
massacre of democratic protestors that occurred in 1989.
Human rights activists quickly protested, arguing that
Google had abandoned its principles in order to make greater profits. For its part, Google’s managers claimed
that it was better to give Chinese users access to a limited
amount of information than to none at all, or to serve
the market from the United States and allow the government to continue proactively censoring its search results,
which would result in a badly degraded service. Sergey Brin justified the Chinese decision by saying that “it will
be better for Chinese Web users, because ultimately they will get more information, though not quite all of it."
Moreover, Google argued that it was the only Search engine in China that let users know if search results had been censored (which is done by the inclusion of a bullet at the bottom of the page indicating censorship.)
In mid—2005, Google established a direct sales presence in China. In January 2006, Google rolled out itsChinese home page, which is hosted on servers based inChina and maintained by Chinese employees in Beijing and Shanghai. Upon launch, Google stated that its objective was to give Chinese users “the greatest amount ofinformation possible." It was immediately apparent thatthis was not the same as “access to all information." lnaccordance with Chinese regulations, Google had decided to engage in self-censorship, excluding results onsuch politically sensitive topics as democratic reform,Taiwanese independence, the banned Falun Gong movement and references to the notorious Tiananmen Squaremassacre of democratic protestors that occurred in 1989.Human rights activists quickly protested, arguing thatGoogle had abandoned its principles in order to make greater profits. For its part, Google’s managers claimedthat it was better to give Chinese users access to a limitedamount of information than to none at all, or to servethe market from the United States and allow the government to continue proactively censoring its search results,which would result in a badly degraded service. Sergey Brin justified the Chinese decision by saying that “it willbe better for Chinese Web users, because ultimately they will get more information, though not quite all of it."Moreover, Google argued that it was the only Search engine in China that let users know if search results had been censored (which is done by the inclusion of a bullet at the bottom of the page indicating censorship.)
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