[AusNOG] Government goes to war with Google over net censorship

[Alastair Waddell]

----- "Nathan Brookfield" <Nathan.Brookfield at serversaustralia.com.au> wrote:

> Welcome to China people J
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> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/government-goes-to-war-w

> The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has launched a stinging
> attack on Google and its credibility in response to the search giant's
> campaign against the government's internet filtering policy. 

Classic pot calling the kettle black isn't it!

An editorial in the Bangkok Post claims Google assists Thai authorities to censor - principally, comments about the Thai monarchy.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/35053/google-siding-with-censors

There's nothing innocuous about this when you consider Thai nationals do serious time (17 years in one recent case) for commenting unfavorably on the monarchy. Censorship is part of the apparatus of control and Google are part of that apparatus.

"Google's problem now is that it has taken a principled stand against censorship - but only in one of many cases. Abandoning China was a difficult business decision for Google. But by doing so, the company may have an even more difficult decision: How to justify other censorship, including the cooperation with Thai officials?"


Regards,