[kictanet] Fare the well or google

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

But Robert - the principle behind this issue is the curbing of freedom of
expression, and the further discovery of surveillance on private citizen
emails.

Do you encourage our government to go in this direction?

Brian

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Fare the well google, the Chinese do not need you.  Google only has a 30%
> share of the Chinese search engine business their departure will benefit the
> other players one of which is a home grown initiative.
>
> I wish Kenyan policy makers could like at issues like the Chinese where
> local takes preference over foreign.  This was an intentional act to get
> Google to leave, and they fell for it, hope we shall now appreciate the
> Media Bill which aims to help the local.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
> --- On *Wed, 13/1/10, alice <alice at apc.org>* wrote:
>
>
> From: alice <alice at apc.org>
> Subject: [kictanet] Google Threatens Pullout From China After E-Mail
> Accounts Are Hacked
> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Wednesday, 13 January, 2010, 19:22
>
> Breaking News Alert
> The New York Times
> Tue, January 12, 2010 -- 6:11 PM ET
> -----
>
> Google Threatens Pullout From China After E-Mail Accounts Are Hacked
>
> Google threatened to end its operations in China after it
> discovered that the e-mail accounts of human rights activists
> had been breached.
>
> The company said it had detected a "highly sophisticated and
> targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating
> from China." Google says further investigation revealed that
> "a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail
> accounts of Chinese human rights activists." Google did not
> specifically accuse the Chinese government. But the company
> added that it is "no longer willing to continue censoring our
> results" on its Chinese search engine, as the government
> requires. Google says the decision could force it to shut
> down its Chinese site and its offices in the country.
>
> Read More:
> http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na
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