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Google's Eric Schmidt warns on China's attempts to control the internet

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013...-china-warning

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Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has described China as "the most egregious" example of a nation attempting to control the internet, as he hinted at expanding the company's multimillion-pound transition fund towards British publishers to boost revenues from digital.

In an interview with the Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger at the Big Tent Activate Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Schmidt spoke of his concern about reports from the New York Times last month that its computers had been invaded by Chinese hackers.

"As the internet has emerged in many of these different countries, there's quite a few countries that have no laws that pertain to the internet at all and those internets tend to be free and open with almost anything goes," he said.

"There are other governments that try very dramatically to censor or control the internet, with China being the most egregious example."

Asked about his views on the privacy of citizens online, Schmidt gave the example of Chinese dissidents who may wish to speak in confidence to a newspaper to reveal sensitive information.

"If I was giving you important information about something that was very very sensitive and if it were revealed that I were leaking this to you I would lose my job, my family would be killed or I would be exiled. This does occur ? I was just in North Korea, for heavens sakes," he said.

"You take notes as a journalists and you write those down ? but where do those notes go? You don't have to answer for the Guardian, but how would you feel if the Chinese had just hacked into the New York Times and gone into all of the servers of the New York Times ? how would you feel if you were a Chinese dissident? You'd be worried, if you had indeed done that," he told the summit.

"These are some of the problems that happen when everyone's connected ... My point here is that this [ability to intrude on privacy] is going to happen because the value of the internet is so profound and positive, but we've got to recognise the issues and get ahead of it by discussion."

google just hates the competition

A government can never run anything properly. They can lock down the Internet all they want; People will find a way.

Surprised antitrust laws haven't done a Standard Oil type breakup of google yet.

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It's time we cut that shithole country off from the net completely. Is there any reason not to?

Is this the pot calling the kettle Chinese?

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Originally Posted by Nasty (Post 19539764)

google just hates the competition

Lol i wanted to say same, total irony in that statement.When i remember all those stories how google kick competition and putting their own products on top with explanation "oh they are just few clicks away".

I had to ban a few chinese ip's as they had some smart bots creating lots accounts and solving captcha's and doing lots of stuff. Or perhaps they was real chinese people, its a billion of them and perhaps cost less than a bot running. Either, China is big thing.

Google complaining about Internet control? Now that's funny!

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Originally Posted by L-Pink (Post 19539773)

Surprised antitrust laws haven't done a Standard Oil type breakup of google yet.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency

There's still at least one active lawsuit against Google in the EU yes?

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Originally Posted by Dirty F (Post 19539803)

It's time we cut that shithole country off from the net completely. Is there any reason not to?

Who are 'we' and why are they 'they'?

If there's something we should have learned is that Chinese are anything but stupid. They have a captive 20% of world's population, so it just makes sense for them to have economic, politic and surveillance control over the interwebs in their country. Basically, the same Google wants, only that they're not giving it, shocking

Ironic since Google censored specific types of access on Google.cn (back in 2006-ish) following Chinese govt demands

http://news.cnet.com/Google-to-censo...3-6030784.html

Google is just a liar. What they want is China's market and no threat of competition from a chineese search engine.

I am conviencé that today's generation are just idiots. They have no clue about freedom or justice or how to use their brains.

Like the idiots wearing Guy Fawkes masks screaming freedom of speech. Meanwhile they are the first ones to censor you some forum or social media.. while warner bros makes millions selling the masks and the film "V".

Like the idiots of occupy. They give hippies a bad name because the idiots actually believed that face book likes would restore equality and end corruption.

Like the idiots that believe google is not a piracy site.

Like idiots that believe a pornstar gets royalties or their salarie is rated according to their popularity

Me I starting to refuse to even film anyone younger than 30 because today's young adults are such idiots.