Q: Both Google and Yahoo have been criticized for censoring their search results in China. What are your feelings about this? Why should Google, or why should Google not, produce different search results for different countries?
In the book it states, "With hundreds of TV and radio stations and millions of web sites, Americans love the variety of news sources, but are still adjusting uncomfortably to the displacement of more authoritative sources. In China, the situation is reversed: The technology creates greater government control of the information its citizens receive, and better tools for monitoring their behavior." I don't think that any government or search engine for that matter should censor information to the public. Can you imagine if all the news in your country was biased and only had one opinion?
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There is one central opinion in Chinese media. But they're having quite a challenge managing the opinions available in alternate media forums.
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