>Why should there be a different standard for Google and other tech companies to not expand into China
there is no different standard. it is unethical to aid totalitarian states in their oppression of their people.
that standard is crystal clear, and google is on the wrong side of it.
waffling regarding corporate responsibility is irrelevant because the question of whether the actor is a corporation or not has nothing to do with the standard itself. once again: the moral issue is very clear on what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.
selling widgets to the chinese is not in violation of that standard. offering a product that is neutered so as to be a tool of oppression is in clear violation of the standard.
the question of china using these tools to oppress their population is not up for debate. china is a police state. for ethnic minorities like the uighurs, the falun gong, the chinese muslims, etc, that police state is operationalized to eradicate and prevent any presence in society.
this is not right. it is not right to help the chinese state keep groups of people subjugated and starving.
the apologists should be ashamed. google should be ashamed. google employees should be ashamed, and outraged.
there is no different standard. it is unethical to aid totalitarian states in their oppression of their people.
that standard is crystal clear, and google is on the wrong side of it.
waffling regarding corporate responsibility is irrelevant because the question of whether the actor is a corporation or not has nothing to do with the standard itself. once again: the moral issue is very clear on what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.
selling widgets to the chinese is not in violation of that standard. offering a product that is neutered so as to be a tool of oppression is in clear violation of the standard.
the question of china using these tools to oppress their population is not up for debate. china is a police state. for ethnic minorities like the uighurs, the falun gong, the chinese muslims, etc, that police state is operationalized to eradicate and prevent any presence in society.
this is not right. it is not right to help the chinese state keep groups of people subjugated and starving.
the apologists should be ashamed. google should be ashamed. google employees should be ashamed, and outraged.