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Google™ - "do no evil": yeah right!

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ITiCSE-WGR '06: Working group reports on ITiCSE on Innovation and technology in computer science education

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Published: 26 June 2006 Publication History

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I suppose any company with a motto of "do no evil", sets a pretty unachievable standard. But for "Google™ the good', the corporate image is rapidly becoming more tarnished. Quite apart from the controversial debates about supporting censorship in China, we are seeing the increasing tensions between Google as the liberal promoter of scientific neutrality, and Google as the global, corporate juggernaut. What is becoming apparent is the need for online search engines to adopt a moral and ethical code relating to the use of information as both a raw material and a fertile mine collated from other sources.

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ITiCSE-WGR '06: Working group reports on ITiCSE on Innovation and technology in computer science education

June 2006

99 pages

ISBN:1595936033

DOI:10.1145/1189215

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 38, Issue 4
December 2006
186 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/1189136
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