[Politech] Google fixes the ban-beer-and-joke-site problem in China [fs]

[Declan McCullagh]

Google has fixed the problem of buggy Chinese censorship:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6032118.html

Previous Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/2006/01/26/google-censors-more/

Also, while we're on the topic, there's a Human Rights Caucus meeting on
Wednesday. The caucus asked Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Cisco to show,
but theyr'e not going to:
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6033064.html

But they do plan to go to one on Feb. 15 organized by a House
International Relations subcommittee. It's chaired by Rep. Chris Smith,
R-NJ, who last week accused Google of "collaborating with their
persecutors," a reference to China:
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/nj04_smith/printernetchina.html

I'm sure the hearing will be entirely fair and balanced.

-Declan
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