if true, then it is very worrying ...
http://ampedstatus.org/shocking-censorship-at-google-news-and-the-future-of-...
myself i have no problem that services of companies like Google censor something, i rather see problem in what WE do ourselves - build our online experience around such services often not paying attention to how they work... BTW i see p2pfoundation still using google tracker for web statistics, on positive side it looks like open technologies like piwik get more appreciation lately - "We are happy to announce that Piwik is ranked #2 in the top of web analytics tools in Germany. A total of 13% of German websites .de that are using an analytics tool have chosen the open source alternative Piwik." - http://piwik.org/blog/2011/09/announcing-piwik-meetup-in-munich-germany-on-o... ;)