Google set to pull out of China after latest cyber attack.

[dud]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8455712.stm


"It did not specifically accuse China's government but said it was no longer willing to censor its Chinese site's results, as the government requires.

Google says the decision may mean it has to shut the site, set up in 2006."



"If, as seems likely, the government refuses to allow it to operate an uncensored service, then Google will pull out"

 

[Exterous]

Google said it would hold talks with the Chinese government in the coming weeks to look at operating an unfiltered search engine within the law.

Good luck with that....

 

[Alone]

Google wouldn't have to pull out if they wore a filter.

 

[AreaCode707]

Sounds like Google wants a good excuse to uncensor China. Good for them!

 

[xanis]

Google wouldn't have to pull out if they wore a filter.

i see what you did there

 

[F1N3ST]

i see what you did there

I saw it too, it was a clever play on words. He deserves a cookie.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Haha good, they should just pull out I say. That will pretty much be a big F U to their goverment for supporting these hackers. IMO the US should censor China. Just firewall all their IPs and only allow very basic services, and maybe even throttle them. Then again this is useless, most of their attacks are just controlling other country's virus infected computers, probably.

 

[EricFartman]

it seems really crazy. google pull out China will take a big trouble in e-business
and i can search tian an men in google.cn, i don't think Cn gov pleased it happen, maybe a big political event later...

search 1989 tian an men square get 15,800 results.
http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN...%B4%A2&aq=f&oq=

 

[coloumb]

Try to surf the web in China is ridiculously idiotically restrictive.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Do most people in china just use proxies anyway? I'm sure it's impossible for them to block every single one, there must be some kind of underground community that keeps track of em.

 

[KingGheedora]

Haha good, they should just pull out I say. That will pretty much be a big F U to their goverment for supporting these hackers. IMO the US should censor China. Just firewall all their IPs and only allow very basic services, and maybe even throttle them. Then again this is useless, most of their attacks are just controlling other country's virus infected computers, probably.

Did you read the article? The implication is that the hacking is coming from the Chinese government, and it's not controlling virus infected computers. It's espionage.

 

[SSSnail]

When I was in China, I had no problem accessing any sites I wish. :shifty:

 

[Locut0s]

When I was in China, I had no problem accessing any sites I wish. :shifty:

It can very depending on what's going on in the country at the moment. For example Youtube has been blocked and unblocked may times. If there is anything they find politically worrisome going on they will clamp down on things for a period.

 

[MotF Bane]

What used to come up with a search for 1989 Tiananmen Square?

 

[abaez]

Nothing. It was blank.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Did you read the article? The implication is that the hacking is coming from the Chinese government, and it's not controlling virus infected computers. It's espionage.

I was just speaking in general. Lot of hack attacks do come from Chinese people that are controlling computers in other countries.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

What used to come up with a search for 1989 Tiananmen Square?

Nothing. It was blank.

They're creepy like that.

 

[Anonemous]

Doesn't china have a search engine baidu or something...

And how is pulling out helping them against hackers? Can't the hackers still hack gmail?

 

[Locut0s]

doesn't china have a search engine baidu or something...

Yup that's the one:

http://www.baidu.com/

It's more popular than Google in China.

 

[Pheran]

Google's blog post on this topic:

A New Approach to China

I applaud Google for this, US companies should be telling other countries to jump in a lake when they try to impose ridiculous censorship requirements.