Remember that it’s not just Google:
“A similar dilemma faces foreign content providers such as Yahoo!, AOL and Google who abide by PRC government wishes, including having internal content monitors, in order to be able to operate within mainland China. Also, in accordance with mainland Chinese laws, Microsoft began to censor the content of its blog service MSN Spaces.”
– Wikipedia
- BBC: Google move ‘black day’ for China
- Amnesty International: China: Google and others must end complicity in restricting freedoms
- Wikipedia: Internet Censorship in China
- blog.outer-court.com: Examples of censorship
- Wikipedia: Hu Jintao
UPDATE: I’m off to see Alan Cox from RedHat and Megan Larkon from NASA speak at the Sheffield Linux User Group meeting tomorrow. If anyone fancies meeting up for a drink or anything, drop me a line.