American - Journalist | September 16, 1969 -
Consistently, Baidu has censored politically sensitive search results much more thoroughly than Google.cn.
Rebecca MacKinnon
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Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda.
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There is a widening gap between the middle-aged-to-older generation, who still read newspapers and watch CCTV news, and the Internet generation.
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QQ is not secure. You might as well be sharing your information with the Public Security Bureau.
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When Google went into China, there were some people who said they shouldn't compromise at all - that it is very bad for human rights to do so. But there were other people, particularly Chinese people, who said they were glad Google had gone in.
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Facebook has a rule that you're not supposed to be anonymous.
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There has been a rising tide of criticism about China's treatment of foreign companies.
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Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet.
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Tactically, yelling at Google is unwise.
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We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don't see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don't take responsibility.
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Google's entire business model and its planning for the future are banking on an open and free Internet. And it will not succeed if the Internet becomes overly balkanized.
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It would be normal for anybody running a high-profile, politically controversial operation in China to anticipate worst-case scenario, and to do everything possible to guard against them.
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