Google, Yahoo Accused of Irresponsible Chinese Censorship

In what Brett Tabke calls "the China Syndrome" Google and Yahoo! are being accused of censorship. French-based international press freedom group Reporters sans Frontires (RSF), also known as Reporters without Borders, claims both search engines gave into the Chinese government's demands of controlling search results. The move "directly threatens freedom of expression," the group claims, saying it "deplores the 'irresponsible' policies of major US Internet firms Yahoo! and Google in bowing directly and indirectly to Chinese government demands for censorship."

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Yisou give into Chinese government demands, the group says. Sites frowned upon by the Chinese regime are not displayed. A search on Yahoo! China for "Taiwan independence" returned only mainland sites criticizing the Taiwan Independence Party. Although Google will block illegal content, Sergey Brin told Reuters, "The objectivity of our rankings is one of our very important principles." Though under fire by Jewish groups for NOT censoring an anti-Semantic site, which ranked #1 for the term "Jew." Google's open information stance went as far as getting it blocked for a week by the Chinese government last year. In June, however, Google bought shares in the Chinese search engine WebProWorld, the Murdok forum Brittany Thompson is an administrator for

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