Google building a new censored search engine for China
By MYBRANDBOOK
In an attempt to make inroads into the Chinese market, which it had been unable to past several years, Google is reportedly launching a censored version of its search engine in the country. Code-named ‘Dragonfly’, the product has been secretly planned by the tech giant for almost a year.
China has blocked Google's search engine, Gmail and YouTube since 2010, when federal regulators, often referred to as China's 'Great Firewall,' shut down more than 1.3 million websites.
Development of the search engine sped up after Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with a top Chinese government official in December 2017, as revealed by sources.
Several versions of an Android app, called 'Maotai' and 'Longfei' have been created by Programmers and engineers Google and presented to the Chinese government for review. The app would have to comply with China's rigid censorship laws, which would mean restricting access to content that government officials consider unfavorable. Search terms such as human rights, democracy, religion and peaceful protests will be blocked from the app.
If it gets approved by government officials, the final version would soon be launched in the next six to nine months.
Also, when someone uses the search engine, banned websites won't be included in the first page of search results. Websites like BBC and Wikipedia are some of the banned sites in China. Furthermore, it will censor results in Google's image search, spell check and suggested search tools.
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