Comments on: Google censors the Internet http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:14:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: China blocks Technorati » at Tom Raftery’s I.T. views http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-8307 China blocks Technorati » at Tom Raftery’s I.T. views Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:04:55 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-8307 [...] I have posted about this topic in the past and, in my naive opinion, unless all the search engines come together to formulate a common China strategy, China will continue to pick them off one by one. [...] [...] I have posted about this topic in the past and, in my naive opinion, unless all the search engines come together to formulate a common China strategy, China will continue to pick them off one by one. [...]

]]> By: Could podcasting get content through the Great Firewall of China? « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4493 Could podcasting get content through the Great Firewall of China? « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:06:34 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4493 [...] I wrote a couple of pieces last week about Google’s Internet censorship in China and the debate continues this week. [...] [...] I wrote a couple of pieces last week about Google’s Internet censorship in China and the debate continues this week. [...]

]]> By: Google founder defends censorship « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4071 Google founder defends censorship « Tom Raftery’s I.T. views Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:27:56 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4071 [...] David Kirkpatrick of Fortune met with Sergey Brin (one of the co-founders of Google) at the World Economic Forum at Davos and asked him about Google’s decision to censor the Internet in China (something I posted about the other day). [...] [...] David Kirkpatrick of Fortune met with Sergey Brin (one of the co-founders of Google) at the World Economic Forum at Davos and asked him about Google’s decision to censor the Internet in China (something I posted about the other day). [...]

]]> By: Michele http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4052 Michele Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:12:50 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4052 I've already read a lot of that. On the one hand I can see how they may wish to argue about the data, but on the other I am all too aware of their love of headlines. I’ve already read a lot of that. On the one hand I can see how they may wish to argue about the data, but on the other I am all too aware of their love of headlines.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4051 Tom Raftery Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:04:22 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4051 <blockquote>That was a PR ploy</blockquote> I don't think so - read the Danny Sullivan article and John Battelle's articles on this and you'll see it is more to do with not wanting to lose control of sensitive data and Google will fight tooth and nail not to have to 'play ball' on this one.

That was a PR ploy

I don’t think so - read the Danny Sullivan article and John Battelle’s articles on this and you’ll see it is more to do with not wanting to lose control of sensitive data and Google will fight tooth and nail not to have to ‘play ball’ on this one.

]]> By: Michele http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4050 Michele Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:58:13 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4050 That was a PR ploy. They knew they'd have to play ball eventually That was a PR ploy. They knew they’d have to play ball eventually

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4048 Tom Raftery Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:43:04 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4048 You would imagine that the US market is rather large too - however that didn't stop Google refusing to hand over files to the US Department of Justice when subpoenaed to do so - despite suffering a fall on Wall Street for so doing. You would imagine that the US market is rather large too - however that didn’t stop Google refusing to hand over files to the US Department of Justice when subpoenaed to do so - despite suffering a fall on Wall Street for so doing.

]]> By: Michele http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4046 Michele Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:37:29 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4046 Everything. Google has to make money. The Chinese market is huge and their competitors are already in there. Everything. Google has to make money. The Chinese market is huge and their competitors are already in there.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4045 Tom Raftery Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:34:12 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4045 <blockquote>A company that is trading has to answer to its shareholders</blockquote> Ok. And the relevance of that comment to this post is what exactly?

A company that is trading has to answer to its shareholders

Ok. And the relevance of that comment to this post is what exactly?

]]> By: Michele http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4041 Michele Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:28:45 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4041 Hardly surprising.. A company that is trading has to answer to its shareholders Hardly surprising.. A company that is trading has to answer to its shareholders

]]> By: mathewingram.com/work http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4012 mathewingram.com/work Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:36:53 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-censors-the-internet/#comment-4012 <strong>Don’t bother searching for “Tianenmen Square”</strong> As many expected, Google has launched a Chinese version of its search engine (NYT link) in an attempt to grow in that massive market, and to compete with local search providers such as Baidu.com, and it has agreed to filter its results to comply with ... Don’t bother searching for “Tianenmen Square”

As many expected, Google has launched a Chinese version of its search engine (NYT link) in an attempt to grow in that massive market, and to compete with local search providers such as Baidu.com, and it has agreed to filter its results to comply with …

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