As most people already know, Google moved its search engine off of the mainland last year, primarily because it couldn’t agree to the Chinese government’s policy of censorship. With an index built around the Chinese language, those English searches...
Google actually withdrew after censorship debates in early 2010, and the recent Gmail hacking attempts has prompted more tension between Google and the Chinese government. While sites from Google, Yahoo, and Bing may be able to get products into...
GoogleChina's share of the Chinese search advertising market in Q4 rose for the first time since the company threatened to leave the country early last year after a cyber attack and censorship battles.
Due to the high-profile censorship conflict between Google and the Chinese government early this year, the study recommends marketers to monitor up-and-coming search players such as SOSO and Sogou that are eyeing Google's traffic and diminishing...
During a week when censorship of WikiLeaks' publishing of US government cables is being discussed and people suggest the founder Julian Assange be killed, UNESCO announced the US will host World Press Freedom Day next year.
Wall Street also may be skittish on Chinese Internet companies as Google's recent ultimatum has raised serious questions on censorship and Internet security issues as it relates to the Chinese government.
Just because the search engines had to lie down and take the censorship doesn't mean Google's headquarters were the right place to protest. Then again, anonymously threatening me for writing about my opinion in last week's column seems a bit...
These economic influences on the engine could impact censorship decisions and other actions. As the New York Times detailed yesterday the Chinese government is activating legislation that may give problems to the possible Microsoft Yahoo purchase.
Google Reader Censorship In China, Not So Much. Baidu Holds 62% Share In China - Baidu, the Chinese search engine, has 62.1 percent share based on a China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) report.
Books Week given its support of censorship in China. Fellowships For Repressed Journalists, While Chinese Journalist Might Sue Them Business Journal covers how Yahoo -- under fire for allegedly harming
journalists in China -- is going to fund...
Earlier this month, I
dinged Google
over hypocrisy for getting behind Banned Books Week given its support of
censorship in China. Jailed Chinese journalist to file US suit versus Yahoo from IDG News Service
covers how a Chinese journalist jailed...
Human Rights Group & UK House of Commons Demand Google, Yahoo, & Microsoft To Stop Censorship - Human Rights Watch told Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to be upfront with their users about the censorship and stand up to the political pressure China...
Earlier this week, GameShout.com published an article reporting that Human Rights Watch group in New York told Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to be upfront with their users about the censorship and stand up to the political pressure China places on...
Censured
for Censorship in China, Slashdot CIO reports that after three years, the Chinese government has opened up
access to Google's Blogger. Chinese Basically, the tool has data from March to May of this year, it then takes the
market share...
Amnesty International says that the search engines are aiding the censorship. The search engines say that Chinese users are more well off then they were prior. BBC News reports that Amnesty International is urging users of Google, Yahoo and MSN in...
Search, Smut and Censorship Numbers In China; Google Testing Ads In Video; Google planning to expand employees for its own Chinese
efforts; Google testing ads in video content; looking at issues with filtering
adult content in video and web...
Search, Smut and Censorship Today's search podcast covers Google selling its stake in the Chinese Baidu
search engine; Google planning to expand employees for its own Chinese efforts; GoogleChina by 2007.
While on the
topic of Chinesecensorship, take a look at the list Philipp compiled of PaidContent reports that two of the largest Chinese portals have been
temporarily shut down by the Chinese authorities for not passing a "an
on-the-spot...
The missing part Sergey had
said was, he explained, was that Google had decided to go ahead with what it
considered the lesser of two evils, serving people even though it had to do
censorship. Chinese government approved version going sooner.
Google Inc.co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledged Tuesday the dominant Internet company has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinesecensorship demands. Lawsuit Over Killed Anti-China Ad On Google