For those of you who don't know, Google has agreed to censor material about human rights, Tibet and other sensitive topics to Beijing, such as the Dalai Lama, in China. I am appalled by this. To think that Google would agree to censor material in China, adhering to their laws about free speech, or lack there of, sickens me. From this point on Glynnis and I will no longer be using Google. This will be hard for me and many others who rely on Google as a search engine.
"When a search engine collaborates with the government like this, it makes it much easier for the Chinese government to control what is being said on the Internet," said Julien Pain, Reporters without Boarders.
Not to single Google out, Yahoo and MSN also have restricted, "Chinese friendly" versions of their search engines. This leaves me wondering, how can I search the internet without using a search engine that adheres to the Chinese government's intolerableable regime on free speech.
If you care anything about the rights of the Chinese people, DO NOT support such sites.
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hannah i would say you could search using www.dogpile.com cuz it has a funny name and stuff but I actually think its a collaboration of ALL those search engines you mentioned which makes it like EXTRA censored or something ... but you could try www.excite.com ... i dont know if they are crazy or not
Thanks Mames... I appreciate your help.
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