Google has announced that it has stopped censoring its Chinese-language search engine Google.cn.
‘Earlier today we stopped censoring our search services - Google Search, Google News, and Google Images - on Google.cn,’ Google chief legal officer David Drummond said in a blog post.
‘Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where we are offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed for users in mainland China and delivered via our servers in Hong Kong,’ he said.
Later, China said Google had ‘violated its written promise’ and is ‘totally wrong’ to stop censoring its Chinese language search engine and to blame Beijing for alleged hacker attacks.
The comments came from an official in charge of the Internet bureau of the State Council Information Office, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
‘Google has violated its written promise it made when entering the Chinese market by stopping filtering its searching service and blaming China in insinuation for alleged hacker attacks,’ said the official.
‘This is totally wrong. We're uncompromisingly opposed to the politicisation of commercial issues, and express our discontent and indignation to Google for its unreasonable accusations and conducts,’ the official added.
