Google's launch of a new, self-censored search engine in China is a "black day" for freedom of expression, a leading international media watchdog says.
Reporters Without Borders joined others in asking how Google could stand up for US users' freedoms while controlling what Chinese users can search for.
Its previous search engine for China's fast-growing market was subject to government blocks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4647398.stmmy take: google had to do this, because if they didn't , the chinese gov't would have blocked their search engine anyway.. ( i think they did it in the past, actually). left without a 'google' expereince, chinese users would have flocked in droves to other search engines, i.e. yahoo(already there, and censored) , and deprived google of revenue..
also, while it sucks, they still have to respect the government/laws of that country, however odious they may be..
i checked out
google.cn.. and a search on 'tiananmen' yielded vastly different results to
google.tt. quite scary actually
