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Google Quietly Removes Censorship Warning Feature For Search Users In China (Updated)
NATASHA LOMASFriday, January 4th, 20136 Comments
Google has quietly disabled a feature that notified users of its search service in China when a keyword had been censored by the Chinese government?s internet controls, according to censorship monitoring blog GreatFire.org. The blog reports that the change was made sometime between December 5 and December 8, 2012, with no official statement from Google to announce or explain its removal.
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Update: Google has now confirmed to TechCrunch that it has removed the notification feature. The company said it did not have a statement at this time.
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NATASHA LOMASFriday, January 4th, 20136 Comments
Google has quietly disabled a feature that notified users of its search service in China when a keyword had been censored by the Chinese government?s internet controls, according to censorship monitoring blog GreatFire.org. The blog reports that the change was made sometime between December 5 and December 8, 2012, with no official statement from Google to announce or explain its removal.
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Update: Google has now confirmed to TechCrunch that it has removed the notification feature. The company said it did not have a statement at this time.
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