Conscience speaking: Speculation and reflection on the Google "vulgarity gate" incident

by shunyi on 2009-06-21 10:08:46

On the evening of June 18, CCAV's *News Broadcast* reported that the "Internet Illegal Information and Bad Information Reporting Center" had condemned Google Search for containing a large amount of vulgar and pornographic content. Following this, *Focus Interview* provided a detailed introduction of the various "offenses" of Google.cn and interviewed various "representatives," attempting to lead people to believe that it was Google maliciously spreading vulgar content. At the same time, the "50-cent party" from various websites and media outlets sprang into action, publishing numerous articles and comments condemning Google China.

It has been many years since CCAV made such a big move—what did Google.cn do wrong?

A.shun also shares some thoughts on this incident and offers some reflections.