Gawker
While Yahoo, whose CEO admitted he might not protect journalists from Nazis, suffers a boycott from UK journalists — "Dammit, Semel, we've alienated that core middle-aged self-righteous British male demographic! Again!" — Google co-founder Sergey Brin (pictured) decides that maybe dealing in censored Chinese searches was a touch evil.
Whoever thought a Russian would be the one to stand up to the commies? But anyway, Sergey told Washington reporters:
"We felt that perhaps we could compromise our principles but provide ultimately more information for the Chinese and be a more effective service and perhaps make more of a difference," Brin said.
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Brin says Google compromised principles [Associated Press]
Boycott Yahoo! over China collusion, says NUJ [Reuters]
