Google shareholders vote down proposal on censorship

GOOGLE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE DOWN PROPOSAL ON CENSORSHIP
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Elinor Mills]
Google shareholders rejected a proposal on Thursday to require the search giant to set policies to protect freedom of access to the Internet and not self-censor. Google "must make special efforts to avoid being seen as complicit in human rights abuses...and not be proactive in censorship," said Patrick Doherty, a representative of the New York City Pension Fund, which submitted the resolution. When it created its Web search site for China, Google said it would remove results from its www.google.cn Web site that would likely offend the Chinese government. Yahoo shareholders face several similar resolutions at their annual meeting.
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