Ethan Zuckerman offers four reasons why Google might no longer censor search results in China. 1. Google decided to stop being evil; 2. Google retreated from a very tough market; 3. Google abandoned Chinese users; 4. Google is about to join the front lines of the anticensorship wars. I am wondering, though, whether Chinese attempts to hack Google accounts may have played a role. Google was reacting after a data theft originating (say reports) from Chinese sources. Google reports, "we have evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists."
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