Google Phone Services "Partially Blocked" in China
Google Phone Services "Partially Blocked" in China
Posted 03/29/2010 at 5:48pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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Last week, when Google effectively stopped censoring its search results in China by redirecting all Chinese visitors to its uncensored Hong Kong site, it also set up a page to update users on the status of its services in China. The page was last updated yesterday to reflect the current status of its mobile services. Their status has changed from normal to “Partially Blocked.”
It marks the first time the status of any Google service has changed since Google started maintaining the page. While it may appear to be an open-and-shut case in most eyes, Google is not willing to jump the gun and blame the Chinese authorities. Google told the Los Angeles Times that it is too early for it to pin down the exact reason for the unavailability of its mobile services in China.
It admitted that the status of its services does fluctuate and outages are not uncommon. It could also be the handiwork of obsequious telecom carriers trying their best to appear on the same page as the government.
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