Google faces the heat!

Netizens around the world are together in their war against Google for buckling to the Chinese government’s demand of providing restricted access to the Chinese users. This has enraged bloggers and free speech activists all around. Even American lawmakers are in tune with the war cry and have asked the US company to explain why they are helping China curb dissent.

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Netizens around the world are together in their war against Google for buckling to the Chinese government’s demand of providing restricted access to the Chinese users. This has enraged bloggers and free speech activists all around. Even American lawmakers are in tune with the war cry and have asked the US company to explain why they are helping China curb dissent.

"That is an astonishing circumstance and for a company that should symbolise the greatest freedom of information in the history of man, this is a profound story being told," said Jim Leach, Republican representative.

Google has said that it did not like bending to the Chinese demands but it has helped publicise the anti freedom conditions in China.
"We are taking steps, which others have not taken, at the very least make people inside of China and outside China aware of the extent of the filtering that we are required to impose," said Elliot Schrage, Google Vice-President of global communications and public affairs.

The storm gained momentum on the Valentine’s day as hundreds of sympathizers flooded pro-Tibet websites like www.noluv4google.com.

Google’s filters block out dissident literature, websites on computer security, anything publishing materials related to homosexuality, teenage pregnancy, sites on dating and jokes. The restricted version ‘www.google.cn’ is now referred to as the ‘eunuch search engine’ by Chinese bloggers.