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> Eight years after Google initially took a stand against Internet censorship by exiting the Chinese search market Wried, don't just mention the censorship rea
by rqs 8y ago
> Eight years after Google initially took a stand against Internet censorship by exiting the Chinese search market
Wried, don't just mention the censorship reason. The bigger picture is [0][1]:
1. China government demanding content deletion by "Red-Header Files" (Government document) rather than law (As it will make the censorship too apparent), and it's violated Google's policy. NOT because of Google is an anti-censorship enthusiast as many people think they are.
2. During that time, Google (including Gmail) also under attack (with possible internal help) by a group of hackers who Google claims are sponsored by the government.
Now, 8 years later, things changed a lot. Especially after the implementation of the China Internet Security Law (中华人民共和国网络安全法)[2] which makes censorship a public responsibility ...
[0] https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/12/google-china-attacks/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/12/google-china-attacks/
[1] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/google-probes-possible-inside-help-on-china-attack/article1207344/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/google-pr...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Internet_Security_Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Internet_Security_Law