Google is offering a censored internet search service to China. This is certainly a compromise which has drawn Google a lot of flak because, frankly, it’s a sucky decision to have to make. But is this any difference to the censorship Google already applies in France and Germany (censoring porn and Nazi-related content). Some people think so. The fact that China does not have a democratically elected government seems to be the big difference. I think that’s clouding the issue.
Google is not being “evil” by complying with laws of national government. But isn’t it fashionable to target them as “bad” because they’re doing so well in business?