The Google search portal in English and its Gmail email a blocking intermittently since last night after the Chinese
government,
criticized for its powerful machinery censor, accusing the multinational Content "pornographic" in an illegal way.
"We have received numerous complaints that the search engine Google has content in English vulgar, lewd and pornographic, which seriously violates the laws of China and the self sector," the spokesman answered now on duty in the Foreign Ministry, Qin Gang, to be asked about whether the "fault" of Google is due to a blockade of the Chinese
Government.
At a news conference, spokesman Qin explained that "a few days ago we met with officials from the company and ordered them to carry out an adjustment and remove all negative content."
"The
internet company Google has to comply with Chinese laws and measures and fines decided by the competent departments of China according to law," added the spokesman, at any time without denying that the embargo is a decision his Government.
Since last night, you can not access either Google or Gmail, its e-mail tool via proxy servers in China, indicating that these pages have been locked in a central, yet effectively a blockade in cities like Shanghai.
GREEN DAM
Blocking the U.S. company agrees with the imminent implementation of the controversial software program "Dock-Green Companion for Youth", which from July 1 will be sold installed on new computers, and also to filter Internet content.
On Monday, Washington expressed its "concern" to the Chinese authorities for this controversial order, which the group advocates for freedom of speech and press is a justification for strengthening the already powerful censorship of the Communist Party of China (CCP) against any dissent .
At the same time, the Ministry of Health issued a regulation by which from July 1 will be banned even any web-related or research related sexology, today published the newspaper "China Daily".
China overtook the United States in recent months as the country with the largest number of Internet users, to get closer to 300 million, with openness to foreigners and critical content that implies, but also with a huge potential market for multinationals.