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Quote of the day: Chinese not allowed sex health info

Michelle Meyers
Michelle Meyers wrote and edited CNET News stories from 2005 to 2020 and is now a contributor to CNET.
Michelle Meyers

The Sexuality Information and Education Council's Web site is one of the sites blocked by Google's new China search engine.

"I guess the Chinese people aren't allowed to get good sexual health information," said Adrienne Verrilli, the organization's communications director. "That's unfortunate and disappointing. We have such good information for the Chinese, who are going to be steeped in their own HIV/AIDs crisis very shortly."

Click here for full story on Google's new China search engine, which goes further in censoring Web sites than similar services from Microsoft and Yahoo by targeting teen pregnancy, homosexuality, dating, beer and jokes.