An Open Letter to Google

Now this open letter in the form of a blog is a fascinating idea.

This blog is an "Open Letter to Google" consisting of one post only. As
soon as we have an impressing number of comments, we will send the
letter to Google. If you agree with the content of the post, please add
your comment. If you agree that this is an important issue, please tell
your friends about it. The more comments we can collect, the better it
is. What do you think, will the blogosphere succeed to collect 10'000
comments which we can send to Google?
Thanks a lot for participating.

Technorati Tags: google, china, open+letter

Comments

[PaulSweeney]

Just can't see how "being open", and "supporting democracy" are helped by censorship. This should have been agreed between all the search big boys so they wouldn't fall for a version of "prisoner’s dilemma", like two car jackers caught out on Saturday night. Big mistake. Do I trust you with my privacy data now? No, I am now going to unistall my Google Toolbar.

[Tim Marman]

You know, I can't help but think there is a degree of irony that people are using Google-owned services like Blogger to rail against Google censorship.

[jeff]

I thought about that as I was using Gmail to read the comments on this blog... and then noticed the "google search" on the left nav bar. They are pervasive.

Tim, you could also look at it as a testament to the power of these services, that Google's own tools can be used to voice collective displeasure. The irony is that the Chinese citizenry won't enjoy such freedoms, especially given that Blogger is not available on google.cn.