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On January 12, we\u00a0announced on this blog<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that Google and more than twenty other U.S. companies had been the victims of a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China, and that during our investigation into these attacks we had uncovered evidence to suggest that the Gmail accounts of dozens of human rights activists connected with China were being routinely accessed by third parties, most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on their computers. We also made clear that these attacks and the surveillance they uncovered\u2014combined with attempts over the last year to further limit free speech on the web in China including the persistent blocking of websites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Docs and Blogger\u2014had led us to conclude that we could no longer continue censoring our results on Google.cn.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So earlier today we stopped censoring our search services\u2014Google Search, Google News, and Google Images\u2014on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected toGoogle.com.hk<\/span><\/a>, where we are offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed for users in mainland China and delivered via our servers in Hong Kong. Users in Hong Kong will continue to receive their existing uncensored, traditional Chinese service, also from\u00a0Google.com.hk<\/span><\/a>. Due to the increased load on our Hong Kong servers and the complicated nature of these changes, users may see some slowdown in service or find some products temporarily inaccessible as we switch everything over.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Figuring out how to make good on our promise to stop censoring search on Google.cn has been hard. We want as many people in the world as possible to have access to our services, including users in mainland China, yet the Chinese government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement. We believe this new approach of providing uncensored search in simplified Chinese fromGoogle.com.hk<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is a sensible solution to the challenges we\u2019ve faced\u2014it\u2019s entirely legal and will meaningfully increase access to information for people in China. We very much hope that the Chinese government respects our decision, though we are well aware that it could at any time block access to our services. We will therefore be carefully monitoring access issues, and have created\u00a0this new web page<\/span><\/a>, which we will update regularly each day, so that everyone can see which Google services are available in China.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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