Google China - Censorship

[zen_rider]

Try this:

Open Google Australia (www.google.com.au) and type in "tiananmen" and search for images.

Go to Google China (www.google.cn) and do the same

Compare the images!!!!

Ps. you probably want a firewall before trying this as you might get hacked.

[sawtell]

happy happy land.... then ...... TANK TANK TANK

meh wasnt that wonderful i prefered the one how you searched weapons of mass destruction, and came up with that america thing or what ever it was.

[Binaural]

That was really funny!!! Go Google and their fake "do no evil" policy.

[johnny]

Yes, but go to google china and write "june 4". They don't call it the Tiananmen Square massacre, they call it the June 4 incident.

It links to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989
And this: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/tiananmen.html

The Chinese don't deny that it happened, more so how it happened. Although info will be relatively scarce as compared to what we can find in the west.

[wtr]

Although info will be relatively scarce as compared to what we can find in the west.
That is EXACTLY why I was very confused when I first stumbled on this issue after I've left China. If I was to tell you how distorted the history textbooks were, you'll probably R.O.F.L.Y.A.O. Oh that's right, there weren't any mention of the incident in the book, at all! Not even Taiwan made the cut. And the only way we could obtain snippets of original outside information was through Hongkong TV news, but those channels often end up having their broadcast into the mainland China jammed by local TV station, and everyone would look at the idle screen and mumble something about the government at work.

And everytime I compared what was fed into our young minds to kids in North Korean, I simply consider myself better off.

[johnny]

Chinese man 'jailed due to Yahoo'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4695718.stm

The internet giant Yahoo has been accused of providing China with information that led to the jailing of a second internet writer.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders claims that Yahoo released data which led to the arrest of Li Zhi.

The online writer was jailed for eight years in 2003, after posting comments that criticised official corruption.

Last year Yahoo was accused of giving information to Beijing which led to the imprisonment of reporter Shi Tao.

Reporters Without Borders called on Yahoo to release the names of all internet writers whose identities it has revealed to the Chinese authorities.

'Rigorous procedures'

Yahoo spokeswoman Mary Osako insisted that in its dealings with China, the company "only responded with what we were legally compelled to provide, and nothing more".

"We were rigorous in our procedures and made sure that only the required material was provided," she told the AFP news agency.

But she added that: "The government of China is not required to inform service providers why they are seeking certain information, and typically does not do so."

Reporters Without Borders said it was not acceptable for the firm to say it simply responded to requests from the authorities without knowing what the data would be used for.

"This argument no longer holds water," the group said in a statement. "Yahoo certainly knew it was helping to arrest political dissidents and journalists, not just ordinary criminals."

Strict control

The Chinese government enforces strict laws on internet use, blocking content it considers a threat, including references to the Tiananmen Square massacre and notable dissidents.

But major international firms wanting to do business in China, the world's number two internet market, are coming under increasing pressure from rights groups not to conform to Beijing's conditions.

Four major US-based companies - Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Cisco - have been accused of collaborating with China to censor the internet.

In September, Yahoo was accused of helping the Chinese authorities identify Shi Tao, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in April 2005.

Google came under fire last month after it announced it would block politically sensitive terms on its new China site, in agreement with conditions set by Beijing.

US lawmakers are due to meet later this month to discuss the ethical responsibilities of US-based internet companies doing business in China.