Google confirms services blocked in China

November 10, 2012

Google confirmed a dropoff in traffic to its sites in China today, echoing an online report that the company's services are being blocked there. All Google services are inaccessible in China on today, according to the Google Transparency Report, which monitors traffic to the company's sites around the globe. And the Web site Greatfire.org, which tracks Internet access in China, also reported today that Google sites and searches are being blocked there. "We've checked and there's nothing wrong on our end," wrote a Google spokeswoman in an email to Computerworld. Background This is not the first time that Google has been blocked in the world's most populated country. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233434/Google_confirms_services_blocked_in_China