Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computer hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing their e-mail accounts to outsiders.
The Associated Press
Income from Google.cn only contributes about 2.7% to Google’s entire revenue, which might be balanced by the fact that Baidu represents about 60% of China’s searches. Two things that might tip the balance against China:
- Google.cn will now offer uncensored results.»
- Baidu might be a bit ramshackle.