What’s interesting is the plaintiffs don’t even want Baidu to change its policies, since it’s fruitless. Maybe these New Yorkers were just really perturbed that they couldn’t Facebook during a Beijing vacation, given that part of the claim states “an Internet search engine is a public accommodation, just like a hotel or restaurant.” government has no jurisdiction for what happens within Chinese borders. What’s really baffling about the whole thing is that the U.S. Right, and I want $500,000 for not being able to tweet while I was in the Forbidden City. Let me guess: ex-Googlers with an axe to grind? The lawsuit seeks $16 million in damages, or $2 million for each plaintiff. The claim goes on to say that Baidu violates the U.S. will get Baidu to change their policies or even cause the Chinese company to care. And although that may obviously the case, I’m not sure how a case lodged in the U.S. Whaa?Įight New York residents sued the company, saying the search engine is guilty of censorship, and that it’s in cahoots with the Chinese government. And it’s all happening in the U.S., and not in its home country.
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