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[ PRIVACY Forum ] China renews Google's operating license (but can
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Fri Jul 9 12:06:41 2010
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:49:38 -0700
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China renews Google's operating license (but can block at will)
http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03836.html
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http://bit.ly/bxCAr9 (WSJ)
Of course, this is essentially "cost free" to the Chinese government,
since:
a) China can revoke the license at any time
and (probably much more important to the Chinese censorship regime):
b) China can block ordinary (non-proxied, non-VPN) access to
(uncensored) google.com.hk (either in whole or in part) to whatever
degree that the government desires. In fact, anecdotal reports
I've received in the last few hours suggest that such blocking
continues in force, at least in terms of selective content.
It is important to emphasize that this is access blocking by the
Chinese government, not censorship conducted by Google, and that
Google's policy of no longer participating in the Chinese censorship
regime continues in force.
If recent history is any predictor, we can expect further (seemingly
arbitrary) Chinese government clampdowns on access to Google content
at any time.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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