Google - Don't be evil ...yeah right...

[greggh]

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/18/hi ... ndian-man/

Today we’re hearing of another arrest, this time in India. 22-year-old IT professional Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid. His crime was writing in an orkut community named “I hate Sonia Gandhi.” Sonia Gandhi is a prominent politician in India.

Vaid was charged under section 292 of Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the Information Technology Act because he created a profile and then posted content in vulgar language about Sonia Gandhi in the community.

During investigations, the cyber crime cell of Pune police communicated with Google (which owns Orkut) seeking details about the man who formed this forum and circulated the obscene content. It was known that the vulgar message about Sonia Gandhi was circulated through an email address – Rahulvaidindia@gmail.com . The owner of the email id Rahul Vaid was traced, using information supplied by Google, to Chakarpur in Gurgaon city of Haryana.

He was then charged under section 292 of Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the Information Technology Act because he created a profile and then posted content in vulgar language about Sonia Gandhi in the community. If he’s convicted, he can be imprisoned for up to five years and may have to pay a fine up to Rs one lakh.

I've said it before. There is no such thing as a corporation that is honestly concerned with ethics. The "Don't be evil" mission statement from the Google folks showed a level of naivete that is simply stunning. A Corporation is created in order to do one thing. And that is to make money for it's shareholders. For it to veer at all from that purpose in favor of other concerns is a violation of it's main charter. Anyway, Google is just as evil as the rest of them. They had no choice in the matter as soon as they went public.