Google sticks by censorship policy

An attempt to force Google to stop censoring its search results in repressive countries has been rejected by its shareholders.

The office of the comptroller of New York City, which oversees New York City pension funds, proposed the motion at the search giant's annual shareholder yesterday.

The proposal called on Google to resist attempts at censorship, tell people when it is censoring search results, and tell people what data it is retaining.

It won support from Amnesty -- one of many human rights groups who criticised the company in early 2006 for bowing to pressure from the Chinese government and censoring its search results in China.

Google sticks by censorship policy.

Guardian Unlimited

Fri May 11

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