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 Google Could Be Fined For Cooperating... 
By: Nathan Weinberg 2007-10-30 ...With the Chinese. Search Engine Land discusses plans in Congress to penalize U.S. companies who cooperate with illegal government spying of... ...civilians in other countries or collect information for internet censorship programs. The efforts, if successful, would lead to a $2 million fine, a symbolic but toothless gesture that comes with a lot of controversy. Ive always tried to side against companies that do business with the Chinese government and assist in that governments censorship efforts, but Ive also largely argued that they are completely allowed to do what they do. I dont know of any U.S. law that specifically forbids assisting government spying and censorship in other countries, and I suspect such a law could never be both passed and enforced. Worse off, they specifically would like to fine companies if they cooperate with the technological surveillance of political dissidents, something tech companies are being forced to do, in this country, by the United States government! The hypocrisy of a Congress that would fine a company for assisting the Chinese, but turns a blind eye to domestic spying that would break the same law if it were simply applied in the opposite direction! I wish those lawmakers luck in passing their toothless, hypocritical, unconstitutional, undiplomatic law. Theyll need it. Comments Tag: Google, Chinese, fine Add to  Del.icio.us |  Digg |  Reddit |  Furl About the Author: Nathan Weinberg writes the popular InsideGoogle blog, offering the latest news and insights about Google and search engines. Visit the InsideGoogle blog. |
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