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Can you spot the contradiction?

I love Google. I really do. But they just left the door open to the room with the big red button.

According to this article, they are working with Chinese officials to modify their search engine code so that content the Chinese government deems undesirable (read: threatening to Chinese power structure) will be blocked.

And then, oddly, they are, according to this article, refusing to cooperate with the U.S. government in handing over statistics related to customer habits that will, ostensibly at least, be used initially to track online child pornography (and no, I'm not naive enough to think that our government doesn't have further interest in this information...).

But here's the rub: Oh so principled Google, you refuse to let Americans be spyed upon but you'll help the Chinese government keep their countrymen illiterate and subjugated. A little consistency in your principles would be nice. Or, is just because one involves money coming in and the other (potentially) money going out...? Never mind. You are being consistent.

posted by Lola @ 11:52 AM