[ibarrac]

They say:

In fact, no country allows unrestricted flow on the Internet of pornographic, violent, gambling or superstitious content, or content on government subversion, ethnic separatism, religious extremism, racialism, terrorism and anti-foreign feelings.

Not true, the US allows all this, with very minor exceptions.

[dangrossman]

Online gambling is, at least to some degree, illegal in the US

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_gambling

So are certain types of porn and anti-government websites.

[radicaldreamer]

The sites may be illegal, but are not blocked. There are plenty of people who still gamble online from the US through off-shore accounts and using off-shore websites.

[ibarrac]

Yes, online gabling is mostly illegal, thus my "minor exceptions".

But all types of porn except child porn are allowed as far as I know. Definitely all types of anti-government websites are allowed. The first amendment confers very strong protection on free speech.

This Chinese news release is trying to mislead. I think the average Chinese citizen would be shocked to learn the level of freedom of expression and access to information in the US.

[gojomo]

But the websites of offshore gambling sites aren't blocked at the national border; it is the transaction, rather than publishing information, which is illegal.

(Apparently, the state of Kentucky has recently tried to seize gambling-related domain names held by remote entities, but that's a new local enforcement tactic which may not endure.)

[nkassis]

At the very least it respects most's definition of what is acceptable under free speech.

[fnid2]

There are also lots of laws about fraud. Imagine if a Chinese company came to the U.S. making fraudulent claims about its products. We'd condemn them, yet we applaud Google. I don't understand.