Google versus China - VPRO documentary - 2011
102Google took over the whole world. Or almost. China understood very well that the new geopolitical arena is information. That's why the Chinese government has blocked Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. In 2010, Google refused to comply with the censorship laws in China and moved its search engine servers to Hong Kong. Resulting in a Google China standoff.
This confrontation shows us that cyberspace is not a free space; instead, national cyber borders are being raised higher and higher in addition to an increase in the trade wars which are being fought, and the "kill switches" that have now come into existence. Meanwhile, unfiltered information is becoming a precious good for netizens.
Original title: Google versus China
WikiLeaks has sparked a new light on the confrontation between Google and the Chinese government: Google refused last year to continue working on Chinese censorship laws and pulled its search engines back to free Hong Kong. The conflict shows that cyberspace is not a big free space; but the national cyberbars are getting increasingly higher, trade wars are fought and even "kill switches" arise. Unfiltered information is becoming an increasingly expensive item for the Internet users.
Originally broadcasted by VPRO in 2011.
© VPRO Backlight April 2011
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Credits:
Director: Marije Meerman
Research: William de Bruijn / Marijntje Denters / Ying Zhu
Co-producer: Ying Zhu
Production: Mariska Schneider
Editors: Henneke Hagen / Jos de Putter
English, French and Spanish subtitles: Ericsson.
French and Spanish subtitles are co-funded by European Union.