Google’s presence in China has been controversial since it agreed to cooperate with the Chinese government in its Internet censorship. This week’s article looks at how things have changed and what Google is considering. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
Was Google’s initial arrangement with the Chinese government appropriate? If you were negotiating with the Chinese government to have Google available in China, what conditions would you accept and what conditions would you refuse? Who do you think was responsible for hacking Google’s computers and why would they make such an attack? Was Google’s response to the attacks the best choice for that situation? What would you have done? Respond to the following quote: “It’s not Google that’s withdrawing from China, it’s China that’s withdrawing from the world.”
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7 comments:
Google’s' initial agreement with the Chinese government was completely appropriate because Google should not have to cooperate with Chinese (or any) censorship. If I were negotiating with China to create a branch of Google in China then I would limit the amount of search results that China could censor to a ratio of 1:10, 1 website that can be censored out of ten to be uncensored. I think that China was responsible for hacking into Google’s' computers because China would have wanted to see what Google was doing. I think Google could have responded in a better way because they didn't even know who hacked into their computers. If I suspected someone of hacking into my computer, then I would gather any evidence and report it to the police. I think that this quote is completely true because China has always been known to keep secrets from the world; it has also withdrawn from the world before, but a long time ago.
Google's initial arrangement with chines government was appropriate partialy because Google shouldn't participate in the censorship, since they have to show what they have. I would accept China to censor things what they really need, and the amount should be minimum. So I'll refuse all unfair private censorship. I think hackers are from china, or people who was ordered by china, to know about power and control of the google. Goolge's response was not based in evidence, so it made the relationship between china and google worse. I would have actually catch the hacker or get other evidence of it. For the quote, I agree partially, because internet is connected to entire world, and it often makes world to be unite. So if China wants to restrict the internet as google, than that means China is also restricting the relations between the world.
I think that google initial arrangement with China was appropriate. The conditions that I would use would be to let China censor things. I think that China was responsible for hacking googles computers. I think that googles response was the best choice for the situation. I would have done the same thing. My response to the quote that is the Chinese government is trying to isolate China and therefore google is leaving China.
I myself am split on whether or not Google’s initial arrangement with the Chinese government was appropriate. From a business standpoint, Google did what it had to do – Google would never have been able to operate in China if they refused to comply with the government restrictions. However, as a supporter of digital freedom and free speech, I feel that Google was willing to sacrifice some of the freedoms it provides its users in the rest of the world for the sake of profits. If I were negotiating with the Chinese government for Google, I would probably try to avoid conditions that stipulate that Google China cannot access terms like “free speech” or “democracy”, simply because it’s a waste of effort and resources to block these terms. Both the Chinese government and the Chinese people know that these concepts exist in the world, and the government cannot control the internet on the level that would completely prevent its people from being exposed to them on the internet. As for the hacking attacks, I feel that either Chinese domestic intelligence agents or hackers paid by the Chinese government were responsible for the attacks. They probably had no malicious intent against Google itself, but wanted to keep tabs on these activists and figure out with whom they are in contact. I’m not quite sure if Google’s response was appropriate, since I view the attack more as an invasion of the activists’ personal property and liberty, and not as an attack on Google. As for China “withdrawing from the world”, I feel that China wants to control public opinion and knowledge, and will distort the outside world to do so. However, in a political sense, China is exerting its influence more than ever outside of its borders, so I do not feel that China is really withdrawing from the world the same way countries like North Korea have.
i think that the agreement with china was right because i believe Google should not have to put up with china`s demands, if china does not want a normal Google, then they should use something else instead of Google.If i was to negotiate with china i would tell them to either use Google or find something else. I definitely think it was China who hacked into Google, if i thought that someone hacked into my account, depending on how important the thing was that i got hacked into, i would report it to the police and change my information for that site. I think china and this quote is true because china is taking many things away from its people and it keeps many things secrets from the rest of the world.
By Sam
Yes, the agreement was appropriate. If I had to negotiate part of their agreement, it would be Chinese to create a branch of google in china. It is because I think that it was the China who hacked into Google's computers. Which was maybe because they wanted to know all their important information and rebuilt something that was better than google. Google's response was the best choice because they were not sure if China had actually hacked them. They didn't have evidence so they couldn't just blame someone. I would have done the same. I don't get the quote but I think China is withdrawing from the world as it is now getting access to more information of the world through google.
Google's agreement with the Chinese government was very appropriate. That is because Google should not have to work with any censorship, or the Chinese. If i were negotiating with the Chinese to maybe create a branch of Google, and have censorship, the i would limit the number of censors, to be the minimum. In my opinion, the Chinese were behind the hacking of Google's computers. I also think that Google's response was the right response for this situation. I would have done the similar thing. My response to the quote is, that i think that the Chinese government is separating China from the world, so Google wants out.
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