China - Google stops censoring search-engine's Chinese version in bold move that other Internet companies must follow

Reporters without borders

US Internet giant Google announced today that it has stopped censoring its search engine's Chinese version, Google.cn, and is redirecting its mainland China users to its Hong Kong-based search engine Google.com.hk, where uncensored search results are available in simplified Chinese characters. “The Chinese authorities have chosen to censor rather than open up their Internet,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We can only deplore the fact that the world's biggest search engine has been forced to (...)

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