<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:50 AM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<font face="sans-serif">See below about an anti-trust inquiry against
Google in the US senate... Can a small country in Africa or Asia do
such an inquiry against google today.</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>do you not recall the Taiwainese municipality story just a few weeks ago?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div text="#333333" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="sans-serif"> So, whatever the US government
decides on whether Google breaks competition law or not, would by
default be applicable globally.</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>or whatever a Taiwanese municipality decides, no?? google can tailor results to be specific per country (or location). for example, my search results for the last few weeks have, by default, been in swahili.</div>
<div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div text="#333333" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="sans-serif"> Can US's commercial (and perhaps
social/ cultural/ political) interests not color its judgement on this
issue?</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In applying it's own laws you mean? I can't parse your meaning here.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div text="#333333" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="sans-serif"> Even otherwise, is such a undemocratic practice acceptable to
us, or do we simply not bother, with multistakeholder participation
being our sole agenda ?</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Since when is applying the laws of a nation undemocratic?</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div text="#333333" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="sans-serif"> If unacceptable, what is the global governance
response to this key governance issue, and many others like this......</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>nothing, i hope.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Do we have a response?</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Don't use Google (or FB or whatever).</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div text="#333333" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="sans-serif"> Are we even headed in the direction where a
possible response may lie?</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I truly hope not.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div text="#333333" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="sans-serif"> What is civil society/ IGC's responsibility
in this regard?<br>
<br></font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>stop auto-hating for one thing. Seriously, It does not appear that Google has broken any laws (or even regulations) in this area. We have a responsibility to NOT assume that success = evilness.</div>
<div><br></div></div>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>