Google to censor China surfers

Google will launch a China-based version of its internet search service that will actively censor results, the Financial Times reported. To mitigate criticism, it has promised to inform Chinese users when search results are censored, something other China-based search services do not do. While removing search results is inconsistent with Google's mission, providing no information [or a heavily degraded user experience that amounts to no information is more inconsistent with our mission, a senior Google executive said.