You don’t need to be a web expert to smell the paranoia behind The Great Firewall of China
It’s there in the language.
The erection of the so-called ‘Great Firewall of China’ is a pre-emptive strike against possible potential destabilising factors getting worse
Possibly, maybe, potentially… maybe if…
From where I stand, the real issue here isn’t what it pretends to be (‘good’ Google facing off ‘Evil’ China), it’s two information superpowers fighting over control of information – each in pursuit of its own interests.
That self-interest also explains Google’s apparently ‘amoral’ stance throughout its years of collusion in the Chinese Communist Party’s censorship of its peoples’ access to information online (and it’s ongoing collusion to do the same in India).
Mind you, while UK lawyers seem to think they can gag the British press to stop them reporting the heinous crimes of Trafigura, the sexual infidelities of football stars and golfers or stifle the publication of books and documentaries about the Maddy McCann case, who the hell are we to preach about the freedom of information?
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