IfthiscriticismofGoogle, Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia had come fromanoutsider-a dyed-in-the-wool technophobe-thennobodywouldhave paid much attention.
In terms of countering thecriticism, I think that today most people understand that Wikipedia is pretty good but not perfect, and that it is getting better all the time.
Meanwhile, Baidu has faced little criticism for its strict censorship of search results or for restricting the entries to Baidupedia, a Wikipedia-like site, to politically harmless subjects.