Chinese Prof Sues Google, Yahoo


	Chinese Prof Sues Google, Yahoo

Andy Greenberg

2-14-2008 11:53 AM

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china, google, yahoo!, censorship

Andy Greenberg says:

It may not have any effect, but it's an interesting way to draw attention to Google and Yahoo!'s complicity in the PRC's propaganda machine.

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