Guest ShaQuaNew Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) Looks like China pulled the plug on Google. I'm not able to access any Google functions today. Bing.com, which had been blocked, is now available. China blocks Google search services over 'vulgar content'FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2009 Beijing has ordered Google China to shut down access to its overseas search engine, claiming the Internet giant hasn't done enough to remove pornography from its Chinese Web pages. http://www.france24.com/en/20090619-china-...graphy-internet Edited June 25, 2009 by ShaQuaNew (see edit history) Link to comment
GZBILL Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Looks like China pulled the plug on Google. I'm not able to access any Google functions today. Bing.com, which had been blocked, is not available. China blocks Google search services over 'vulgar content'FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2009 Beijing has ordered Google China to shut down access to its overseas search engine, claiming the Internet giant hasn't done enough to remove pornography from its Chinese Web pages. http://www.france24.com/en/20090619-china-...graphy-internet It was only shut down for two hours and is currently up and running. In any event, this is why God invented VPN and proxy services. Link to comment
cguo7 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 well, this really sucks. aarrgghhhhh. Glad I'm going back to the US soon. So many websites I use have been blocked. Link to comment
carl.hops Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 its been blocked on and off all day, but its back now. Good thing I have TOR. But thank god I don't have to use it. Link to comment
Guest ShaQuaNew Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Looks like China pulled the plug on Google. I'm not able to access any Google functions today. Bing.com, which had been blocked, is not available. China blocks Google search services over 'vulgar content'FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2009 Beijing has ordered Google China to shut down access to its overseas search engine, claiming the Internet giant hasn't done enough to remove pornography from its Chinese Web pages. http://www.france24.com/en/20090619-china-...graphy-internet It was only shut down for two hours and is currently up and running. In any event, this is why God invented VPN and proxy services. Yes, I noticed it was available soon after I posted this. Strange that Bing.com is now available. It had been blocked. As far as I can see, bing is proving itself to be a powerful search engine. Link to comment
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