Google’s Secret China Project Sparks Fury Among Workers
Why is it unethical to launch a censored search product in China?<p>The alternative isn&#x27;t to launch an uncensored search product. That&#x27;s not possible. The alternative is simply to not be there.<p>How do the Chinese benefit from that?<p>It seems to me that the presence of any international company could only act as a wedge to gradually loosen censorship controls over time.<p>If Google is more restrictive than other search engines, this does not do any harm, since the other options still provide the less restricted results, meaning the exact same amount of information that is currently available to people in China will continue to be available, and will not be affected by Google&#x27;s entry.<p>If Google is less restrictive, well then that&#x27;s a win for the Chinese people.<p>This means that the entry of any search engine into China, restricted or not, is at worst neutral and at best good for the Chinese.