Google loves hot girls (and state censorship)
(Hot stuff…?)
Do we like hot girls on this blog?
In the privacy of our fantasy life we may do so, yes. On these blog pages, hopefully not overly so – and some of them we like as much as we would enjoy finding Hitler meatballs in a kosher chicken soup:
“A blog hosting an offensive image of Michelle Obama with monkey features has removed it and posted an apology. The image, which has been appearing at the top of search results when the words “Michelle Obama” are put into Google Images, was posted on a blog called Hot Girls, which is hosted by the Google-owned blog service, Blogger.”
It’s kind of funny that Google, at first, refused to remove that pic, choosing to place an editorial comment that explained its posting/hosting policies instead.
In principle, I do agree that censorship is bad.
So, I guess I do support Google in this.
I do wonder though if Chinese users of the Internet also get a rather officious Google editorial, explaining the company’s position on censorship whenever they can’t get access to something on the Net.
I’ve used the phrase before but it’s so apt I will have to use it again. So, here goes:
‘We are Google: Proud leaders in the field of World Wide Wankers.’
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