ultimately chose the option which was more advantageous. 2. Do you think that Google should have entered China and engaged in self-censorship, given the company’s long-standing mantra “Don’t be evil’? Is it better to engage in self-censorship than have the government censor you? I do not think that Google should have entered China and engaged in self-censorship because they had gone against the way that they had long operated. The normally focused on the concept of “Don’t be evil,” and the entering
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China in 2006. Google established a local domain (google.cn) to better serve the mainland China Internet users when it failed to acquire a stake in the Chinese top search engine company Baidu. However, in January 2010, David Drummond, Google’s Senior Vice President posted “A new approach to China” on their official blog, threating to pull out of China due to a series of cyber-attacks and excessive censorship on search results.This negotiation concluded in July 2010 when Google had redirected google.cn
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Sociology 300 | Technology and Culture affects | Final Draft | John Prathammavong 9/9/2012 | Thailand, Philippines, China, and Indonesia are different nations that have grown with technology and culture due to western society. Technology makes our lives as people more efficient and for these countries a change from traditional ways of lives. The workforce of these countries and culture change with adaptation to what technology they are exposed to in life. Venture capitalists and consumers
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The freedom of speech in China August 11, 2013 There is no Facebook or Twitter in China. China may have the world’s most strict censorship and monitoring system, and it has been pushed to its limits to control sensitive political topic such as Tiananmen Square, 2010 Nobel Prize winners Liu Xiaobo and so on. If you use Chinese search engine named Baidu, those kind of topics will be told that according to relevant laws, regulations and policies, some search results did not show. People are
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Music censorship began its journey in the early 1950’s with the “controversial” music of Blacks during the time period. It has then evolved from a form of racism to a method of suppression. It touches all major genres, but is most commonly issues with both rap and rock music. Major groups such as the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) have been formed to try and monitor the lyrical messages that are expressed in songs. The RIAA is not out to completely censor music, but to advise buyers
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only heightens the curiosity of child. With an internet connection pornographic matter can be accessed with a click of a button. Consequently, it is essential to acknowledge the fact that the pornography industry is growing and expanding day by day. A good number of internet sites on Google display pornographic material. The modern controversy on whether pornography should be government-censored or not could be attributed to the fact that the internet is so much saturated with the obscene matter.
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This evolutionary approach, and the Agile design processes that support it, is built into the fibre and psyche of web companies. They don't think in terms of long-term detailed plans; they think in terms of stimulus and response. This is a dramatic change in the history of business. In the past, the nimble companies were always the little ones. The larger your company, the more it valued planning and the long-term view. Google is one of the first very large tech companies ever to pride itself on
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computer science major -- to launch a start-up and cash in on an idea he spotted in the world's largest Internet market -- was not uncommon. Less expected were the extra costs he incurred for doing business in China. These had nothing to do with common costs like equipment, rent, or hiring workers. Rather, daily life involved finding workarounds past China's immense national Internet censorship apparatus, widely known as the Great Firewall. "Google is often blocked for obscure reasons,"
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Comment on the legal and regulatory environment in China and its implications for the chinese media. In light of the restrictions imposed by the Chinese government of internet access, how do you think the media industry is affected? On google agreeing to ensure its search content, Reporters without borders commented, “Google’s statement about respecting online privacy are the height of hypocrisy in view of its strategy in China.” However, Google’s Director of Research was of the view, “What’s
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西方社交媒体。同时，像古巴和巴基斯坦的专制政权将中国视为他们可以学习的范本--一个鼓舞人心的典范。中国在管理互联网的成功可能是基于西方和中国互联网概念的融合。然而，与中国互联网管理相比，美国有保护公民的个人自由的法律。然而,在中国个人自由的理念是有限的，它仅仅是一个写入中国宪法之内的概念。个人自由在中国是非常有限的，尤其是在关于互联网。Shao教授南京大学声称如下：“在中国，虽然宪法规定保护言论自由，还规定，公民可行使自由和权利在没有侵害国家，社会以及其他公民的利益下，” (Shao, Internet law in China, 2012). 虽然中国政府限制政治言论，，但中国已在商业化互联网取得进步。互联网的商业化导致在上市的公司如阿里巴巴和新浪微博。与此同时，社会言论传言，中国政府将执行所有可能的政策以禁止任何形式的网上反政府言论。在美国和中国的互联网之间的一个明显区别是，美国公民能够运用互联网来保护他们的人身权利还能发表不服從的发言来反对政府。但是中国公民只能使用互联网于个人或商业用途，任何政治运动都是高度禁止并被视为犯罪行为。 显然，有些中国公民具有强烈的政治发言和政策反对
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