Google Compromises Its Principals

Apparently those at Google have finally come to their senses. Not that it's changed much as of yet, but at least they realize the implications of their actions.

Sergey Brin announced that the agreement for Google China has compromised their "Do No Evil" mantra. Stating effectively:

Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledged Tuesday the dominant Internet company has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinese censorship demands. He said Google is wrestling to make the deal work before deciding whether to reverse course.
"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.

Finally, someone's owning up to a mistake. But is it a mistake that will be fixed? Is it a mistake at all? How many companies of any caliber could efectively lose billions of customers?

You can read an in depth article Google's China Problem (and China's Google Problem)
By Clive Thompson on our site.