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April 13, 2006
No Shame
You know it's bad enough when a company decides to forgo it's stated principles to help suppress internet speech, it's even worse when they decide to proactively designate a terrorist organization as a news source. What really gets me is when Google not only defends suppressing speech but praises the government that they do it for:
"We look at the rise of China, the investment and the smart people and we are in awe of what has occurred here," Schmidt said.
"And we salute the government, key leaders in the industry and all of you who have made the rise of the Internet in China such a tremendous accomplishment."
When asked if they would supply personal info on users they had this answer:
"I'd rather not answer a hypothetical question," he said.
Well between this story and ones like these about what goes on there I believe Google should change it's slogan to "do no evil to our bottom line".
Just a reminder these three items are in their ten things google has found to be true list on their Corporate Philosophy page (already linked above).
4. Democracy on the web works.6. You can make money without doing evil.
8. The need for information crosses all borders.
For some perspective read this.
Posted by Peter at April 13, 2006 09:06 AM
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