There’s been a lot of hullabaloo recently about Google’s decision to censor search results in China. The neat thing is, is that you don’t need to be in the People’s Republic to see for yourself how it works. Why not search for tiananmen on Google China and compare it with the result from the non-China Google? (Apparently, searching for Tiananmen on Google China with a capital ‘t’ leads to the expected results of tanks barreling down on students. Go figure.) So much for ‘don’t be evil.’

See censorship in action using Google’s image search for ‘Tiananmen’

(Via Gizmodo.)

Googles censorship, while no technological master piece, can be construed as “doing evil”, don’t forget the cheap clothes, electronics and counterfeit merchandise you picked up at the mall, during the holiday shopping season.

It easy for technology pundits and critics to attack a company like Google, but the reality is, we all support the Chinese government through our business decisions and purchasing habits.

Want to incite social responsibility, start in the closet, not on the desktop.