Google CEO responds to China setback

The Google chief executive, Eric Schmidt, has said the company had resolved its differences with the Chinese Government and agreed to take down contentious content from its search engine in China.
Speaking to Media at the Cannes International Advertising Festival, Schmidt confirmed google.cn was back online. “Officially, what I can say is: we will continue to [...]

China blocks social media ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Two days before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests [which is on the 4th of June], mainland netizens have been blocked from using social networking sites including Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail and Microsoft’s new search engine Bing.
According to China sources, Twitter became inaccessible in the country at 5pm on Tuesday, widely noticed to be [...]

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