Another Country Gets Slapped by Google
June 15, 2010
I am going to have to create a map with those colored pin thingies. I cannot remember the countries that have annoyed Google. When IIT was concerned about a South American country, I heard a rumor that the company took MBA action. Will Google move beyond rhetoric. The most recent dust up was reported in Boing Boing. “Vietnam to Require Surveillance App at ‘Net Cafés, Google Protests” said:
A new law in Vietnam law requires all “retail Internet locations” (including ‘net cafés, hotels, airports, even offices) to install a government-approved, server-side filtering and surveillance application by 2011. In a blog post expressing concern about the new regulation, Google says this will allow the government to monitor user activities and block access.
Fascinating. I wonder if Vietnam’s authorities are quivering in fear?
Stephen E Arnold, June 15, 2010
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