Page 1 of 1
Google ends China censorship
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:24 pm
by Lothar
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/ ... pdate.html
earlier today we stopped censoring our search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where we are offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed for users in mainland China and delivered via our servers in Hong Kong.
You can view the list of services the Chinese are currently blocking or not blocking at
http://www.google.com/prc/report.html#hl=en
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:35 pm
by Duper
hmm..
kinda ballzy
kinda reckless
kinda makes Americans look like assholes <<(donkey sphincters) ...again... oh well.
So I guess Google expect another \"Anonymous\" attack in the near future?
They didn't mention how the law suit was going, not that they could, legally. Anyone heard?
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:16 am
by roid
awe-some. Finally they put their money where their mouth is.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:13 pm
by *SilverFJ
Good for 'em. Shove freedom in there.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:48 pm
by Jeff250
This was certainly the right thing to do based on first principles, and I'm surprised and pleased to see that Google's main Web search service remains unblocked. Hopefully this will in long-term practice translate into more communication freedom for the Chinese people.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:55 pm
by NUMBERZero
Ohhhhh China's not going to be happy. Remember that famous picture of the student standing infront of the tank? That used to be banned. Correct me if I am wrong, but is that no longer censored? What will the citizens of China think when they learn of some of the stuff that their government has done?
Re:
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:10 pm
by Grendel
Jeff250 wrote:and I'm surprised and pleased to see that Google's main Web search service remains unblocked.
Google simply moved to Hongkong which always had unlimited access. The only thing that changed is that censored sites show up in the search results but still can't be navigated to.
Jeff250 wrote:Hopefully this will in long-term practice translate into more communication freedom for the Chinese people.
One can hope. I doubt it tho.