Google prepares to leave China after attacks: No longer willing to agree to censorship

[Maru Kitteh]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Google said Tuesday the company and at least 20 others were victims of a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack" originating in China in mid-December, evidently to gain access to the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

"Based on our investigation to date we believe their attack did not achieve that objective," according to a statement by David Drummond, senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer for Google, operator of the most popular Internet search engine.

Drummond said that as a result of the attacks, Google has decided it is no longer willing to consider censorship of its Google site in China and may have to shut down its site and its offices in that nation.


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[bridgit]

1. The Chinese power elite' are scared shit-less of their own people

Google has to have better things to do

[Maru Kitteh]

2. I think Google was looking for a good excuse to reverse course. The Chinese came through.

[lib2DaBone]

4. Same in AMerica. The power elite are scared shit-less of the American people..

That's why we have the TSA, Homeland Security and the Patriot Act. So they can crush any dissent with little effort.

I'm glad Google is leaving China. And BTW, I hope they bring home all the super computer technology that Clinton gave them along with all the high tech factories Big Corps gave them.

[bridgit]

5. I'd agree more if Americans weren't lost in a sea material/consumerism, toys & creature comforts

Until that turns around - our oligarchs have nothing to fear while forever watching us scramble for gasoline, Pepsi, corn dogs and broadband access

[Truth2Tell]

3. Great. Next they should stop

helping the US government spy on the rest of us.

[Maru Kitteh]

6. yup. that would be a welcome development as well.

[truebrit71]

7. No shit.

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