Chinese Google users leaving flowers outside the Google headquarters in China as the company declared possibility of leaving the country.
The online giant Google has taken a tough decision of providing unfiltered search results to the Chinese people. In a blog post, it said that when it launched Google in china, it clearly stated that it will carefully monitor conditions in China, including new laws and other restrictions on our services. If it is determined that Google is unable to achieve the objectives outlined we will not hesitate to reconsider our approach to China.
That’s what Google has done lately. It is taking all censorship off its search result pages in China though the Chinese government requires opposite. Google in that post also said that it will shut down its business in China if it isn’t allowed to continue providing uncensored result to its users in China.
The Beginning
Google has come up with what Chinese rival Baidu calls “Hypocritical” decision following a cyber attack on Chinese human rights activists’ gmail accounts. Google said that the attack was sophisticated and targeted originating from China. The statement from Google reads:
In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google.
Following the incident, Google has made a tough decision not to provide censored search result anymore. Google said that it recognizes the potential of shutting down its Chinese offices as well as Google.cn (Google’s Chinese homepage).
The move was all on a sudden that almost shakes the technology world.
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