I think its clear from the artifacts collected by Google that the breach had a political inclination hence the possibility make google answerable had they chose to keep silent with this kind of knowledge (making them accomplices by omission).
Also the Same reason above Human rights which is in itself a Political thing makes is hard for the Douglas Onyango +256(0712)981329 Life is the educators practical joke in which you spend the first half learning, and the second half learning that everything you learned in the first was wrong. --- On Thu, 1/14/10, McTim <[email protected]> wrote: From: McTim <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LUG] OT- Google and China To: [email protected], "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 8:03 AM It seems the network breach was just the last straw for Google. Not only are they well behind baidu in that market, but they compromised their ethical stance when they first went into China, and seemingly have now been pushed too far in a direction they don't want to go. As far as Niles comment "even Hilary Clinton had to" goes, she didn't HAVE to do anything, but it was a golden opportunity to reiterate the Obama admin postion on net censorship in China. NB: Google ex Head of Policy is now in the Obama Admin as Deputy CTO. Not that this has any significance, just a factoid. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 14 January 2010 08:21:42 am Kyle Spencer wrote: > >> "We have been briefed by Google on these allegations, >> which raise very serious concerns and questions. We look >> to the Chinese government for an explanation. The >> ability to operate with confidence in cyberspace is >> critical in a modern society and economy. I will be >> giving an address next week on the centrality of >> internet freedom in the 21st century, and we will have >> further comment on this matter as the facts become >> clear." > > Don't you just love politics? How an issue has quickly > escalated from a network breach to censorship... > interesting, indeed. > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
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