"Google today found itself mired in further controversy in China after local newspapers claimed its website was operating in the country without the correct licence. Newspapers claimed that Google, which alongside other US internet companies has bowed to China's sweeping censorship demands, was being investigated by the ministry of information.
"[Google] has not obtained the ICP (internet content provider) licence needed to operate internet content services in China," the Beijing Times reported, while China Business Times went described Google.cn as "clearly unlawful"
Ok china.. make up your minds..!!
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1714627,00.html?gusrc=rss |
Chinese newspapers are often lying due to gov't propaganda, so I don't believe this until it's confirmed by a better source... |
google updates the main pages with the IPC # < ©2006 Google – 京 ICP证050124号 >>
Philipp:- do you have screen shoot <google.cn> for verifucation purpose on the attribution of ICP ??? |
yeah I hear you on the progaganda stuff..but the .cn is under the registery of http://ganjii.com/ ..not sure why google went thru this hassle
remember google launched the google.cn just hours /1 day before they went in front of congress... |
That strange number + icon was there at Google.cn since the beginning... |
ok thanks ..will check my old screen shoots too.
fwiw- i dont remember seeing that nubmer there at all ..but just x-refering the other SE's
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Google has denied this...the Chinese newspaper claimed the license on Google's website belonged to another company, but Google says it obtained its license through that company, and this is allowed. Apparently ebay does something similar.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/13921311.htm |
good – more reports are trickling in .... thanks Niraj!! :)- |
FYI ..for the interested (Activist) only!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/02/17/DI2006021700866.html
podcast is still not there...!1 |