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Michael Anti described Google's move as a wake-up call for Chinese internet users, adding:
The move follows a clampdown on the internet in China over the last year, which has seen sites and social networking services hosted overseas blocked – including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube – and the closure of many sites at home.
Chinese bloggers argue that Beijing´s wide-ranging controls on both domestic and overseas material go far beyond the blocks that many countries place on content such as child pornography or terrorist-related material.
China has started an official crackdown on online games, pornography and internet cafes. “Operation For Tomorrow” is a campaign against juvenile crime.
Campaigners for free speech in China accused the US internet company Yahoo! of providing information that allowed Chinese police to jail a cyber-dissident two years ago.
Chinese authorities criticised Google for supplying "vulgar" content in results.Google has only a third of the search-engine market in China, which is dominated by the Chinese giant Baidu.
Censors appear to be most concerned by video, Chinese language material and social media such as Youtube, Facebook and Twitter.China will expand real-name registration for microblog users.
In 2008, Xinhua said the latest plan would focus on vulnerable youths, school dropouts, runaways and children whose parents are in prison or who have migrated for work.
Reporters Without Borders claims that recently translated court documents show that Yahoo! helped the Chinese authorities to identify the dissident, Li Zhi, through his email address and user name.
Google's decision to launch the censored service was highly controversial at the time.
In 2009 China announced that it would delay the launch of censorship software.
Authorities have grown increasingly concerned about the speed with which information and allegations can spread on the Twitter-like services.
China, which has 110 million internet
users - second only to the US - is an
increasingly lucrative market, but it has
one of the worst records in the world
on freedom of expression.
Google shocked the industry when it announced in January that it would end four years of self-censorship in China.
The postponement comes after a wave of online opposition, protest by foreign governments and calls by prominent bloggers for “Chinese netizens” to climb, attack and demonstrate against the “great firewall”.
Although sensitive content is removed from microblogs, the popularity and ease of using the services means censors have often struggled to keep up with users posting reports of protests or attacking officials.
Although the plan has at least temporarily failed, it succeeded in mobilizing people against the censors.
Google.cn now redirects visitors to google.com.hk – where they are greeted by a message reading: "Welcome to Google search in China's new home."
Jiang Lijun, one of five activist accused of subversive activities for signing an open letter calling for political reform, was sentenced to four years in prison in November 2003.
China is one of the most technologically advanced countries but unfortunately it has not been reflected on platforms like Internet.
He also posted Internet articles urging the overthrow of Communist party and the
establishment of the
"Democratic Freedom party”.
This medium is one of the deepest fears of the communist regime, allowing in touch with the different world cultures.
Jiang Lijun in 2003
Therefore, it has been censored, moderated and modified continuously, with the purpose of “keeping the system in its pure state”.
Through various treaties they intended to show an image of a communist government open to international dialogue.
In 2001, Chinese and American hackers have been escalating an online battle Chinese and American hackers have been escalating an online battle.
Google has been one of the engines affected by the communist government in January 2006 it was restricted information that could harm Chinese government.
In 2005, Microsoft was helping censors to remove “freedom” and “democracy” from the net in China with a software that prevents bloggers from using politically sensitive words on their websites.
"Get ready to meet a strike force with strength the world has never seen before! We are going for all-out cyber warfare on your gov.cn boxes and every other box that
you fucks haven't secured!"
However, the situation was very different, with specific social networks and certain websites, which were restricted to the population.
Google had a confrontation with the defenders of freedom of expression, and political activists since he had to continue to fulfil its initial mission about an open, accurate and unrestricted information.
This is not the first time we have seen a bitter 'cyberwar' between opposing national groups (like Israelis and Palestinians)
For the Chinese government, which employed an estimated 30.00 internet police, the restrictions are an extension of a long-standing policy to control the web so that it can be used by businesses but not by political opponents.
With google.cn, Chinese users will ultimately receive a search service that is fast, always accessible, and helps them find information both in China and from around the world."
But, there was going to be some forbidden searches related to kills, Taiwan, Dalai Lama and some controversial topics.