China Clamps Down on Uncensored Google Search
Many search queries from within China are getting the Great Firewall treatment
A week after Google started redirecting Chinese search users to its Hong Kong site in order to avoid having to censor results, many search queries from within China are getting the Great Firewall treatment. The move was widely expected by most, and with Google's mobile services also getting a partial block in China, it's clear the government isn't a fan of Google's shenanigans when it comes to deciding what its citizens can access.
Google's Mobile site, which normally offers access to things like search, images, Gmail, and more, has also been spotty in recent days, according to numerous reports online. Google's service availability page shows that YouTube and Blogger were outright inaccessible as of March 29 while Docs, Picasa, Groups, and Mobile were under a "partial block." The status for Web search still indicates no issues, though that's obviously not the case anymore.
Though the blocks are hardly surprising, many find them to be indicative that China's government is indeed more interested in maintaining control over the Internet for political purposes than allowing citizens to freely access information.
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