“Baidu was sued on Wednesday by eight New York residents who accused China’s biggest search engine of conspiring with the country’s government to censor pro-democracy speech.
The lawsuit claims violations of the U.S. Constitution and according to the plaintiffs’ lawyer is the first of its type.
It was filed more than a year after Google[GOOG 529.81 
-0.65 (-0.12%) 
] declared it would no longer censor search results in China, and rerouted Internet users to its Hong Kong website.
Baidu [BIDU 131.84 
0.03 (+0.02%) ] did not return a request for a comment.”
