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"Don't Be Evil, Unless It's Worth Untold New Riches": Whistleblower Reveals Google Plan to Launch Censored Search Engine in China

Posted by anti
Tags: google, censorship, authoritarianism, internet
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/01/dont-be-evil-unless-its-worth-untold-new-riches-whistleblower-reveals-google-plan

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Authors
Common Dreams, Jake Johnson, staff writer
Published
Aug 1 2018
Word count
653 words

5 comments

  1. anti
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    "If Google goes through with this, effectively normalizing and Americanizing authoritarian censorship, this will be the Waterloo in the global battle for a free internet as a norm."

    "If Google goes through with this, effectively normalizing and Americanizing authoritarian censorship, this will be the Waterloo in the global battle for a free internet as a norm."

    8 votes
  2. Batcow
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    And just like that, my last bit of brand loyalty to Google slipped away.

    And just like that, my last bit of brand loyalty to Google slipped away.

    7 votes
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    doug3465
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    This was the number one post on Reddit’s entire site before it was removed for an editorialized headline, ie including a quote from the article after the title.

    This was the number one post on Reddit’s entire site before it was removed for an editorialized headline, ie including a quote from the article after the title.

    3 votes
    1. anti
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      It's a subtitle.

      It's a subtitle.

  4. sam4ritan
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    There is a reason that in 2015, they changed their motto to "Do the right thing [for our shareholders]".

    There is a reason that in 2015, they changed their motto to "Do the right thing [for our shareholders]".

    1 vote