In the latest episode of the ongoing Google-Beijing dispute, Google’s attempt to bypass Chinese censors by sending Chinese users of its search engine to an uncensored Hong Kong-based site seems to have failed. Within 24 hours of the rerouting, Beijing has clamped down, restricting mainland users’ access to the uncensored content on the Hong...
On Monday, Google is expected to announce that it will formally withdraw all of its services from China after a two-month stand-off with the Communist government over complaints of internet censorship, reports China Business News. For Google, this means not just walking away from the world’s largest internet market but also a loss of...
Watching China and the United States point fingers at each others “human rights situation” is as painful as watching bottle blondes bicker on a bad reality show. And in the latest edition of “Beijing Vs. Washington – Extreme Foreign Relations,” the finger pointing has morphed to mild jabbing. It all started this Thursday, when...
On Wednesday, an Italian court convicted three Google execs on criminal charges for hosting a video on Google Video–which showed a teenager, allegedly with Down’s Syndrome, being bullied by other kids. The video was not posted by Google and when it received a notification from Italian police, it took it down. But Google still...
Breaking up is hard to do, sing some, but not "Thou-shalt-not-do- any-evil-Google!" The internet giant strutted into China four years ago, lured by the huge growth potential in the white-hot market. Google succeeded for a while, till China's press censorship and internet hackers wore the giant down. Now, it is bailing out.