My apologies since the story has probably been covered elsewhere, but I wanted to write about Google's defiant movie towards Vladimir Putin personally.
If you have Google set as your homepage, you have likely seen their wonderful new Doodle:
https://www.google.com
Which is also available worldwide, and on the Russian Google site:
https://www.google.ru
Google's boldly defiant Google doodle is probably one of their most aesthetically beautiful doodles ever conceived. Based on the colors of the gay pride flag, it shows winter Olympians in various action shots with the unassuming mouseover "Winter Games". Upon clicking you are entered into a Google search for "Olympic Charter".
This Google search is a slap in the face to Putin, as news results reveal. The three headlines that automatically show are, in order:
1. "IOC leader open to including 'sexual orientation' in Olympic charter"
2. "Athletes Determined To Protest Russian Antigay Law"
3. "Sochi Detrimental to Olympic Spirit"
The Principle 6 Campaign is also plastered on first page results.
Bold move by Google. They have a Russian presence and are putting people before profits, even if their share of revenue is small from Russia. They are 25% of the Russian search engine market share. They risk outright getting booted out of a market to take a stand. I have my qualms with them, but I very much appreciate their stance here.