Thursday, June 25, 2009

China Starts/Stops Blocking Google

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 25, @08:38AM
from the because-they-can dept.
shekared was one of a number of readers to write in to tell a similar story. He says"I'm an American currently living and working in Chongqing, China. As of 9am (UTC +8) China began blocking google.com, gmail.com, google analytics and many if not most other google sites other than google.cn. Internet speed for connections outside the mainland, have in general have come to a crawl. Surprisingly this has yet to pick up major coverage in the press. Using an open proxy or VPN for connection to hosts outside of the mainland continues to allow access to google, as does connecting directly to a google.com IP address. As of 6pm (UTC +8) access to gmail and google.com have returned to normal."
  • china
  • dnssec
  • authoritarianism
  • yro
  • censorship
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