Google Admits China Censorship Was Damaging 205
pilsner.urquell writes to let us know about a wide-ranging interview with Google's founders from Davos, Switzerland. Larry Page and Sergey Brin admitted that allowing China to censor its search engine did harm to the company in its Western markets. Quoting the Guardian article: "Asked whether he regretted the decision, Mr. Brin admitted yesterday: 'On a business level, that decision to censor... was a net negative.'" The reporter concludes that Google is unlikely to revise its Chinese censorship policy any time soon.
It was a nobel ideal. (Score:3, Funny)
I would consider being evil a matter of perception?
The Censorship Was Damaging ... (Score:3, Funny)