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• Web giants remove content on India's order

  By AAP | 07 February, 2012 09:33

  Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy.

• China closes 130,000 Internet cafes as it seeks more control

  By Michael Kan | 18 March, 2011 21:06

  China shut down more than 130,000 illegal Internet cafes in the country over a six year period, as part of crackdown to control the market, according to a new Chinese government report.

• WikiLeaks: China pressured Google on Internet censorship

  By Michael Kan | 06 December, 2010 18:17

  Google's struggles to operate its search engine in China worsened after a high-ranking Chinese official Googled himself only to find "results critical of him," according to a new cable> released by WikiLeaks on Saturday.

• Google tool shows blocked services

  By AAP | 22 September, 2010 17:37

  Google released a new online tool that shows where the internet giant's services and products such as YouTube are being blocked around the world.

• North Korea-linked Facebook page deleted again

  By Martyn Williams | 25 August, 2010 04:05

  For the second time in less than a week a Facebook account created by a North Korea-linked Web site has been deleted by the social networking site.

• Facebook deletes North Korean account, but it resurfaces

  By Martyn Williams | 24 August, 2010 05:42

  A Facebook account established by a North Korea-linked Web site was deleted by the social networking service on Friday, but a new group sprang up over the weekend to take its place.

• Bomb-making tips tied to blog shut-down

  By Sharon Gaudin | 21 July, 2010 08:56

  The Internet has been abuzz with rumors and conjecture about why blogging Web site Blogetery.com and its reported 70,000 bloggers went dark last week.

• Google still censoring porn for redirected Chinese users

  By Owen Fletcher | 25 March, 2010 06:46

  Google is still censoring pornographic search results for users in China, even though they are now being redirected to a Google search engine that does not block sensitive political content.

• Google asks Apps admins to monitor China situation

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 25 March, 2010 06:40

  Organizations that use the Google Apps hosted collaboration and communication suite and that have employees in mainland China should monitor closely the availability of the suite's applications, the company warned.

• Microsoft will not change China operations, official says

  By Jeremy Kirk | 25 March, 2010 07:05

  Microsoft has noted Google's recent move to stop censoring its search engine in China, but will continue to do business there, a senior company official said Wednesday.

• Google starts losing business partners in China

  By Dan Nystedt | 24 March, 2010 06:53

  Google's decision to stop censoring Internet search results in China has apparently led to one business casualty already, the end of a search agreement with Tom Online.

• Wikipedia founder praises Google over China decision

  By Dan Nystedt | 24 March, 2010 06:16

  A co-founder of popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia praised Google for its decision to stop censoring Internet searches in China and called on other major U.S. companies, including Microsoft and Facebook, to follow.

• China: Google 'totally wrong' to stop censoring

  By Owen Fletcher | 23 March, 2010 12:33

  Google was "totally wrong" to stop censoring results on its China-based search engine, Chinese state-controlled media cited a government official as saying early Tuesday.

• Maybe Google won't quit China after all

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 27 January, 2010 10:16

  Despite its recent threats to possibly shut down its China-based operations, Google may in fact keep some of its businesses open there.

• China emphasizes laws as Google defies censorship

  By Owen Fletcher | 15 January, 2010 06:33

  China said Thursday that foreign Internet companies are welcome to operate in the country in accordance with local laws, after Google defied authorities by saying it will end censorship on its Chinese search engine.