Since 2010 the company has been at odds with the country's government over its co-called GreatFirewall and censorship policies. The Chinese Ministry of Technology has accused Google of unfairly discriminating against local firms by hindering the...
The Chinese government employs what is called the GreatFirewall of China, and controls its citizens' use of the internet with a firm hand. Greatfire speculates that it might be due to pressure from the glorious Chinese government.
That would indicate that, as with so many other American social sites, Google was being thrust behind the GreatFirewall. It's possible that Google+ has been banned selectively, that access has been limited by the Chinese government, or that Google...
Eric Schmidt compares blocking access to illicit filesharing sites such as PirateBay to China blocking websites via the GreatFirewall and says that Google will challenge UK government plans to fight piracy (such as the Digital Economy Act).
The speculation about whether Facebook will penetrate China's greatfirewall abounds. Would opening up the GreatFirewall expose more security issues? While Facebook did launch a Chinese language version back in 2008, currently Facebook is blocked...
The government blocks web content that it deems politically sensitive in a vast system dubbed the "GreatFirewall of China", PhysOrg pointed out. The Chinese government has ordered any use of English terms in print and web information must be...
Seems the Chinese government used the "GreatFirewall" to block Google, YouTube and Gmail for a couple of days this week, Fox News reported. Given China has its own internal search engines and the government has strict control, Google has...
While China saw the risk of its influence and fought against it with the GreatFirewall - if the Iran freedom rally is successful Twitter will become a powerful medium and the 140 character revolution will become part of the mythology of the web.
Twitter Blocked By GreatFirewall of China Posted by Frank Watsonhttp://www.kangamurramedia.com Jun 4, 2009 Seems the Chinese government is not a fan of Twitter. KevinNewcomb Google Changes Course on Nofollow SEW EXPERTS: SEARCHING FOR MEANING...
Seems the Chinese government is not a fan of Twitter. Access to the social media site has been blocked in China, according to ASSME. Free speech is not an option in China and the blocking of Twitter is another instance of this.
Krugle Announces a Code Search ApplianceEnterprise customers that maintain large source code bases behind the firewall can benefit from Krugle Enterprise. Google Helping State Government Sites Get IndexedGoogle has teamed up with four state...
They have to guess -- and so they guess by seeing what
web sites are blocked by the Chinese government's own firewall. The story covers suggested accusations that Baidu got China to block Google
in 2002 (which Baidu denies) and how the Chinese...
Yahoo co-founder defends support for 'GreatFirewall of China'. Diller was firm on the question of what he'd do if the government made further requests for private search data (as with the recent Department of Justice requests made of Google).
For a look at what's often referred to as the GreatFirewall of China, a BusinessWeek article that we blogged two weeks ago (before this week's news about Google.cn) is worthy of your attention. China's government has an extensive Internet...
The BusinessWeek article: The GreatFirewall of China, by Ben Elgin and Bruce Einhorn offers analysis of the current state of Internet censorship in China. The latest high-profile example: In December, Microsoft's MSN shut down a Chinese blogger's...
Google Search & Cache Filtering Behind China's GreatFirewall OpenNet Initiative, Sept.http://www.opennetinitiative.net/bulletins/006/ Good news then for those in China -- use these alternatives, at least until the government catches on.
Google Search & Cache Filtering Behind China's GreatFirewall OpenNet Initiative, Sept.http://www.opennetinitiative.net/bulletins/006/ In summary, the Chinese government appears to be focusing on filtering Google results and cache listings for its...
The Chinese government appears to be focusing on filtering Google results and cache listings for its citizens and ignoring Yahoo and Gigablast, according to this article from OpenNet Initiative: Google Search & Cache Filtering Behind China's Great...
The Norton product now blocks ads from its competitors -- but also from a company that sells Norton's own firewall product. By default, the latest version of Norton Personal Firewall now apparently blocks paid listings at Google and Overture.
Google Mirror Beats GreatFirewall of China http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp? Well, for the query "cancer" we'd want to see a widely recognized authoritative agency or government sponsored medical information site.