Michael Y. Park's article on Matt Lee being taken off Google's website actually scared me a little bit. America prides itself on being the "land of the free," where anyone can say anything without fear of repercussions against them. When Google decided that Lee's website and content didn't "offer a high quality experience for [their] users" and that they could "no longer include it in Google News," I was absolutely amazed. I realize that "disappearing" someone from a website isn't the absolute worst thing that can happen, especially when you read about some of the punishments that bloggers receive in other countries around the world. But many people would argue that "disappearing" someone is, for America's standard, the equivalent of being jailed. Your freedom of speech is being taken away, which is against our Constitution.
For me, Google is in the wrong in two ways: First, getting rid of Lee's website from its own Google News is beyond wrong in so many different ways. Second, the fact that they folded when pressured by the United Nations, which I think is becoming more and more of a farce every day, to get rid of Lee because of all the corruption he exposes in the UN disgusts me. If you can't stand up for what is right against another individual or group or company or whatever, then I pity you. Life and the world will be very difficult for you.
Maybe Google should listen to its very own slogan, Don't Be Evil, because I want to tell them, "Don't Be Hypocrites."
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