Of late Google has been increasingly
succumbing to
governmental and private companies’ pressures and is censoring
useful and controversial posts. Even a dedicated website titled
Websites,
Blogs and News Censorship by Google and India
has been
launched to cover the censorship activities of Google in general and
violation of civil liberties by Google and Indian government in
particular.
Google
news censorship is at its worst these days. Google
has been systematically censoring and manipulating news results
for long. In fact, censorship
of news by Google is forsaking its do not be evil motto.
The latest to add to this list is the
news article
titled Vodafone
taxation, parliament, international treaty and taxation issues of
India. The same has been reported by
the post titled
Vodafone
taxation dispute in India and censorship by Google.
Not only news, but even other posts and articles are deliberately censored and deleted by Google. They resurface again only after this fact of censorship is publicly discussed.
It is high time for Google to mend its
ways as these
activities of Google also amount to abuse of its dominant position.
If manipulations and censorships are guided by commercial interests
and by these activities the civil liberties are violated, this is a
serious issue.
Regulators across the world must
investigate this
behaviour of Google and come out with their own explanations in this
regard.
