The biggest CSR news story of the day is
Google's announcement that it will no longer censor searches on its Chinese search engine within China. I've got more on this in today's
CSR Asia Weekly (which will go online later today). This decision is getting a lot of buzz online, and the next few weeks will be very interesting.
Update: Jeff Jarvis weighs in with this: "I know some will say that Google wasn’t doing that well in China anyway (it controls 31% of the market); they’ll ascribe cynical motives. But I say: Name one other company that finally said “enough!” and put ethic, morals, and company standards over its lust for the Chinese market."
Via Jeff Jarvis, here is
Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law at Harvard Law School and co-director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society: "In a world in which we are so used to public relations massaging of messages, this stands out as a direct declaration. It's amazing."