Chinese Professor Suing Google And Yahoo For Making Him Disappear From Chinese Search
from the dissident-seo dept
We've seen plenty of lawsuits over the years from people who were upset over how Google ranked them in search results, but here's an interesting twist on that idea. Guo Quan, a professor in China who lost his job after founding a democracy group and pushing for a more democratic China, is going to sue Google and Yahoo for removing all results with his name in China. Google and Yahoo, of course, have agreed to play by local rules in China, upsetting many. Legally, it would seem like this suit has little chance of success -- but I doubt that he cares about the legal result. What this actually does is to call attention to his plight -- and on that front, it's clearly a successful strategy.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: censorship, china, democracy, search engines
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A solution
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Someone who understand the Streisand Effect?
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10$ says he,ll just plain disappear next.
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Good luck to him...
Does the presence of his name mean that you can't find this techdirt article if you're searching in China?
Guo Quan Guo Quan Guo Quan Guo Quan Guo Quan
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But hey, the bogus headline got you onto Slashdot.
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Muslim Censorship of YouTube
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Chinese Professor Suing Google And Yahoo For Makin
.....we are compliant in China's dictatorship.
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acting not just talking
this would eventually causing all content to
disappear when searched in China and naturally makes also political point against Google, Yahoo, or any other company for their actions in China.
//arl
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Re: acting not just talking
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Google voted for it
I find it unfortunate that Yahoo has seems to have lost no sleep over the issue.
Guess I'll have to find another search engine and cancel my email address.
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