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Google row: China warns internet companies to help 'guide' opinion
Peter Foster and Malcolm Moore
London
Telegraph
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Internet companies in China must co-operate with
the government in "guiding" opinion on the internet,
a senior Chinese government spokesman has warned, as the US
internet giant Google remained in negotiations over its threat
to pull out of the world's biggest internet market.
The statement from China's State Council Information
Office, or cabinet, confirmed China's commitment to controlling
the web following Google's ultimatum that it must be allowed
to operate free from censorship.
Although not mentioning Google by name, Wang Chen, the cabinet
spokesman, said internet companies had a "major responsibility"
to help the Chinese government maintain "social stability
and harmony" by "guiding public opinion correctly".
China justifies its draconian censorship laws on the grounds
that it is protecting juveniles from pornography, but its ruling
Communist Party also blocks access to any information that it
considers might destabilise its position as the country's sole
rulers.
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