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Google will be called to task in Washington next month following a controversial decision by the internet search engine to launch a China-based version of its website that will censor results to avoid angering the countryÂ’s Communist government.
"How can we make money if we don't sell them the rope?"
The decision by Chris Smith, a Republican congressman from New Jersey who chairs a House subcommittee on Human Rights, to call for a February 16 hearing to examine the operating procedures of US internet companies in China, represents the first signs of what could become a serious backlash against Google and other internet companies in Washington that are perceived as capitulating to the Chinese government.
Good - it won't result in anything except reminding everyone they're a communist dictatorship with human rights abuses, invasions of neighboring countries (Tibet), supporting North Koreas rabid dogs, and causing worldwide proliferation of nuke and non-nuke weapons, oh...and threatening US ally Taiwan every other week..other than that, they'll host the Olympics in 2008 "Year of the Hildabeast"
Mr Smith on Wednesday accused Google of “collaborating .. with persecutors” who imprison and torture Chinese citizens “in the service of truth”.
“It is astounding that Google, whose corporate philosophy is ‘don’t be evil’ would enable evil by cooperating with China’s censorship policies just to make a buck,” he said.
The hearing will also include testimony from Yahoo, Microsoft, Cisco and senior State Department officials who advise on China.
F*&king cowards