From Google to “Free Tibet”: an image of big, bad, horrific China
(GlobalComment.com) The latest move by Internet search behemoth Google is to pull the plug on its Chinese operations. The tech outfit had a hissy fit when it discovered the Chinese government had infiltrated its servers – fair enough, but Google’s complaints might be easier to stomach if the company showed some respect for its users’ privacy in the first place. The fact that the Chinese government took an interest in the communications of dissidents is hardly surprising – states significantly more liberal than China, such as the United States and United Kingdom have been known to monitor the messages of their critics, both domestic and foreign. China, like Russia under Putin, is a bogeyman figure for liberal Westerners. More>>
(GlobalComment.com) The latest move by Internet search behemoth Google is to pull the plug on its Chinese operations. The tech outfit had a hissy fit when it discovered the Chinese government had infiltrated its servers – fair enough, but Google’s complaints might be easier to stomach if the company showed some respect for its users’ privacy in the first place. The fact that the Chinese government took an interest in the communications of dissidents is hardly surprising – states significantly more liberal than China, such as the United States and United Kingdom have been known to monitor the messages of their critics, both domestic and foreign. China, like Russia under Putin, is a bogeyman figure for liberal Westerners. More>>
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