Censorship 2.0: China blocks all Google services ↪
New Facebook game: “Who has the biggest dick?”
China has apparently barred its citizens from visiting a host of Google properties, including the main search engine, Google Apps, Google Reader, Gmail, Maps, Translate and Analytics. A search on Twitter (preferred hashtag #fuckgfw) reveals that many Chinese are complaining […]
Earlier this week…Google clashed with China over pornographic material that could possibly turn up in search results on Google’s Chinese language site. The search giant then agreed to “take all necessary steps” to ensure that this issue was resolved in due time.
Access was restored a couple hours later but it gave a taste of what a more prolonged ban might be like. Only slightly less horrifying: the realization of just how much I depend on everything Google. Try to use Yahoo or Baidu for more than 5 minutes without curling up into fetal position and whimpering.
I would suffer hard. It’s like having to use a PC.
