This is why I was pretty content with Google's original China stance; censor, but make the censoring obvious, arguably still adding net good for the average mainlander using its services.
If it wasn't for the cyber attacks, I'd agree that this was still the best and most balanced course to take since, as I said, it was still a net good for the average user. The attempts to extract human rights activist information from Google services did change my perception though; if working within the system is setting up scenarios like that one where activists' information can be compromised by attacks, then re-evaluation of the situation was in order. Though, good arguments can still be made in the other direction I think.
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This is why I was pretty content with Google's original China stance; censor, but make the censoring obvious, arguably still adding net good for the average mainlander using its services.
If it wasn't for the cyber attacks, I'd agree that this was still the best and most balanced course to take since, as I said, it was still a net good for the average user. The attempts to extract human rights activist information from Google services did change my perception though; if working within the system is setting up scenarios like that one where activists' information can be compromised by attacks, then re-evaluation of the situation was in order. Though, good arguments can still be made in the other direction I think.