Post by Shadow on Feb 26, 2006 21:29:40 GMT -5
Google Imposes Worldwide Ban On China Critical Website
Prison Planet
Space War accuses company of selling out to "boys from Beijing"
Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | February 24 2006
UPDATE: After a complaints campaign, Google has agreed to re-index the Space War website mentioned in this article. Your efforts do have an impact!
For the first time in what some fear will signal a growing trend, Google Inc. has banned and removed a mainstream news website from all its worldwide search engines, seemingly due to the website's reports on China's geopolitical affairs and military technology.
Google came under fire last month for agreeing to install government search filters on its Chinese based search engine. The company that was founded on the motto "don't be evil," claimed that some censorship was acceptable because in the long term the Internet would be opened up to a wider audience and freedom of speech would expand.
That excuse can today be put to bed because Google has banned its users inside the US and the rest of the world from accessing the Space War website from its search engine.
Space War is a reasonably tame mainstream website that focuses on geopolitical affairs and satellite and military technology advancements. It is based in Australia and carries articles from AFP and United Press International.
In a statement posted on its website today, the President and Publisher of Space.TV Corporation Simon Mansfield released the following comments,
"Google Inc. has banned SPACEWAR.COM, a news site covering military space. Reasons for the ban by Google are unclear. The company did not communicate with Space.TV Corp., the owner of SPACEWAR.COM, prior to its action, and Google representatives did not respond to requests for comment."
Prison Planet
Space War accuses company of selling out to "boys from Beijing"
Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | February 24 2006
UPDATE: After a complaints campaign, Google has agreed to re-index the Space War website mentioned in this article. Your efforts do have an impact!
For the first time in what some fear will signal a growing trend, Google Inc. has banned and removed a mainstream news website from all its worldwide search engines, seemingly due to the website's reports on China's geopolitical affairs and military technology.
Google came under fire last month for agreeing to install government search filters on its Chinese based search engine. The company that was founded on the motto "don't be evil," claimed that some censorship was acceptable because in the long term the Internet would be opened up to a wider audience and freedom of speech would expand.
That excuse can today be put to bed because Google has banned its users inside the US and the rest of the world from accessing the Space War website from its search engine.
Space War is a reasonably tame mainstream website that focuses on geopolitical affairs and satellite and military technology advancements. It is based in Australia and carries articles from AFP and United Press International.
In a statement posted on its website today, the President and Publisher of Space.TV Corporation Simon Mansfield released the following comments,
"Google Inc. has banned SPACEWAR.COM, a news site covering military space. Reasons for the ban by Google are unclear. The company did not communicate with Space.TV Corp., the owner of SPACEWAR.COM, prior to its action, and Google representatives did not respond to requests for comment."