Google如何“中国”？

詹    晟

中美網控拉鋸戰    Google“碰巧”、“離奇”中斷

 

全國大面積斷網，而Google搜索也在節骨眼上“碰巧”、“離奇”中斷2小時，該公司表示要調查。

《中國日報》的頭版消息，透露了一些細節：“僅僅在美國官方促北京廢除安裝綠垻次日，google就被北京指責存在淫穢信息。”

“世界最著名搜索引擎google，被拖入中美網絡控制拉鋸戰。消息人士告訴本報：‘綠垻已經不再是國内問題，已經上升到外交層面。’”

筆者也注意到，上次斷網事件后，央視《新聞會客廳》節目採訪專家談論國内網絡黑客相互攻擊競爭對手服務器的巨大市場。

電影分級vs.分級搜索

服务中斷的具體原因還有待Google公司調查，以及第三方的核實。

但中國加強網絡管控，從意識形態角度看，由來已久。比如電影審查，禁播“鬼片”。甚至當年《無間道》剪輯成兩個結尾，一方面香港版本讓壞蛋主角逍遙法外，另一方面，讓大陸版本結尾極具備教育意義，“惡人有惡報”被“有關方面”拘捕。

Google英文引擎是否需要分級搜索？開發符合中國國情的“健康平台”。這裏有兩個矛盾：

1搜索與管控

一個自認強大的搜索引擎，撞上網絡管理最牛囯家。

中国古话“本性难移”，人之所以爲人，就如搜索之所以為搜索。

搜索引擎本性中，注定不會自縛手腳。

没有搜索能力，或者具备限制性搜索能力的搜索引擎，还叫Google吗？充其量不过是个图书馆检索引擎。

2商業與自由

Google是家設立在美國自由市場的搜索公司。不是自由主義旗幟，

但這就像人本“性惡”、還是“性善”，的辯論。性善自然好，性惡也不怕，只要“後天引導”。這就是歸管。

事实上，Yahoo香港、Google香港，甚至新浪香港，都比国内网民能够看到的内容开放得多。甚至连视频大户Youtube，也对于色情、暴力内容，进行注册用户确认。

Google想必不會因爲遷就中國市場而自閹搜索能力。

而且它也不敢怠慢。前有對手（考慮自我開發搜索引擎，或集成小搜索廠商技術的Microsoft等一眾網絡大鰐）后有追兵（Yahoo，Baidu等雄心勃勃的搜索引擎“夥伴”）。

Google所能做的，就是積極展開政府公關。同時在確保世界業務的時候，開發一些針對具體市場，尤其是具有“中國國情”的市場的本土軟件，就像分公司一樣，唱响中国“谷歌”。

也許這只是以佔領市場、或者乖乖接受規管而閹割服務為實的所謂“本土化”。

以下为China Daily 原文：

CHINA> National
Govt steps up heat on GoogleThe world's most popular search engine has been dragged into what appears to be an escalating row between China and the United States on Internet controls.

Beijing yesterday stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content over the Internet, a day after US officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for the installation of a controversial porn-filtering software, Green Dam, on new computers.

The Foreign Ministry yesterday accused Google's English-language search engine of spreading obscene images that violated the nation's laws, less than 24 hours after disruptions to the company's search engine and other services within China.

Spokesman Qin Gang did not directly say whether official action was behind the disruptions, but made plain the government's anger and said "punishment measures" taken against Google were lawful.

"Google's English language search engine has spread large amounts of vulgar content that is lewd and pornographic, seriously violating China's laws and regulations," he told a regular news conference.

Qin said authorities "summoned representatives of Google in China and urged them to remove the content immediately".

The Internet Society of China last week ordered Google to block overseas websites with "pornographic and vulgar" content from being accessed through its Chinese-language version.

Late on Wednesday evening, Internet users in China were unable to access several Google services for up to two hours.

A spokesman for Google in China declined to comment.

Separately, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk on Wednesday voiced concerns over the "Green Dam" software in a letter to Chinese officials.

"China is putting companies in an untenable position by requiring them, with virtually no public notice, to pre-install software that appears to have broad-based censorship implications and network security issues," Locke said in a statement.

A source from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) told China Daily yesterday that "issues related to Green Dam porn-filtering software are no longer only domestic, they have become diplomatic".

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The source also said MIIT has been working closely with the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss issues regarding the software, adding that a statement will be released when all parties reach agreement.

The government has said that Green Dam, which limits access to violent and pornographic websites, has to be included with all computers sold on the Chinese mainland starting July 1.

Several legal and technical experts have said the government would revise, or even scrap, its directive as the software developers are facing copyright infringement claims from a US software developer and the software itself contains severe security vulnerabilities.

In yesterday's letter, the US officials invited China to discuss with industry and government officials ways to promote parental control "without restricting user choice, freedom of expression and the free flow of information".

Reuters contributed to the story

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