Chinese government is interfering with Google's access to Gmail and sending mail

ByPhauly

According to the official statement of Google, the Chinese government fearing the government overthrow by the anti-government movement which made use of Facebook etc. which broke out in the Middle East, cleverly disguised blocking as if Google had problems as against Gmail etc. It is said that it is going.

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According to Google's official statement, Google engineers have confirmed that recent Gmail malfunctions do not have technical problems with Google's Gmail or the site itself, "Our technical problem is No. We checked extensively, which is a carefully intercepted government interference that makes the problem appear to be in Gmail. "

China has already restricted access to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter at the moment and Chinese officials are wary of rebel movement which became active in the Middle East with the use of these social networks in particular since January this year And that.

According to Google spokesperson, it is reported that Chinese users have intermittent problems on the service since the end of January, the contents of the problem are difficult to access the Gmail page, Problems occur when sending, for example. Similarly, Google's instant messaging service sometimes stopped working. According to Google, this access regulation, in other words, government blocking is more complicated than the regulation that occurred in the past.

It is unknown at this time how the Google government is working on the Chinese government concerning this matter or how the Chinese government is thinking about this Google statement.