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more on Google, China, and Ethics
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:48:45 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com> Date: June 11, 2006 4:22:19 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: Re: [IP] more on Google, China, and Ethics
[Google's co-founder] Sergey Brin clarified his statement shortly after,dashing any hopes that we might have had that he and the company would follow the principled approach: After admitting earlier this week that Google's sellout to Beijing stood in stark contrast to the company's vaunted "don't be evil" absolutism, co-founder Sergey Brin said Google intends to abide by Beijing's censorship restrictions anyway. ...
Sergey was born in Moscow, in 1973, but apparently moved to the USA when he was only five. He and his father now live here, and -- at the least -- remain in contact with each other.
His father must surely have told his son about The Bad Old Days of living in a censored, totalitarian state, under Stalin, et al.
Thus, it seems especially surprising that he would accept China's censorship, apparently as "just the price of doing business". Or ... perhaps it, thus, should not be surprising -- especially in these days of anything-for-a-buck.
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