Google Throws Down The Gauntlet

As the good burghers at Ars Technica note, Google's "don't be evil" shtick wore thin long ago, especially when it has applied to its problematic relationship with the Chinese internet good squad.

But now Google says enough is enough and is threatening to pull out of what is potentially its largest market. Meanwhile, the Economist takes a contrarian view. And China, of course, censors the news.