Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Not only did Google once write a letter saying "Don’t do Evil" for their prospective shareholders as they went IPO, "Don’t be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served — as shareholders and in all other ways — by a company that does good things for the worldContinue reading “The Google We Used to Lurve… (hearts..)“

As Google’s Owner Defend the company’s decision. Red Herring a technology Business Magazine asked me and others for our thoughts on the company that once proclaimed itself to "do no evil," as a business conduct.  Google Guru Defends Censorship: Red Herring.January 26, 2006 Google co-founder Sergey Brin on Thursday defended his company’s decision to censorContinue reading “So what’s wrong with Google’s Defense?”

I read this on the "have your say" section of the BBC website…in fact it was picked as one of the highlight insets "Anyone with an ounce of intelligence can access a blocked site when they know its location" (italics mine) Hants Hawk, Hants, United Kingdom That’s about the most stupid thing I have heard inContinue reading “If you knew where it was you wouldn’t need a search engine”

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Zhong Guo, I did a short interview for the BBC about what I thought about Google’s censoring it’s search engine. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4650158.stm Do you know what’s really sad? Some of the people who are saying it doesn’t matter can’t even read their own interviews as the BBC is banned in China. As for the people whoContinue reading “My Comments on the Google’s Censoring it’s search engine on the BBC.”

Someone wrote to me and pointed out that they could not read the interview because BBC is banned in China and that’s where they are. So rather than insult their intelligence like the guy from Hants in the UK I will just post it up here also. Sorry, L… Y

CHINA Journalist tried for posting "alarmist" reports on foreign websites Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about the current crackdown on independent reporters after Li Changqing, the former deputy editor of Fuzhou Daily, was tried yesterday on charges of publishing "fabricated" and "alarmist" reports on websites based abroad. No verdict was announced at theContinue reading “News: Journalist tried for posting “alarmist” reports on foreign websites”

Google launches censored version of its search-engine Reporters Without Borders today accused the Internet’s biggest search-engine, Google, of "hypocrisy" for its plan to launch a censured version of its product in China, meaning that the country’s Internet users would only be able to look up material approved of by the government and nothing about TibetContinue reading “News: Google launches censored version of its search-engine”

Google, the world’s biggest search engine, will team up with the world’s biggest censor, China, today with a service that it hopes will make it more attractive to the country’s 110 million online users. After holding out longer than any other major internet company, Google will effectively become another brick in the great firewall ofContinue reading “Backlash as Google shores up great firewall of China”

Published on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 by the New York Times   by Katherine Q. Seelye   The United States has tied with Myanmar, the former Burma, for sixth place among countries that are holding the most journalists behind bars, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Each country is jailingContinue reading “News: China Ranks 1st in Detaining Journalists”