Google Stops Censoring in China

Google has stopped censoring its search results in China, ignoring warnings by the country's authorities. The US Company said its Chinese users would be redirected to the uncensored pages of its Hong Kong website, reports BBC News.

In January, Google had complained about a "sophisticated cyber attack originating from China."

China accused Google of violating a "written promise" it made when entering the market to abide by laws requiring it to filter its search service.

Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, said that providing "uncensored search" from Google.com.hk was "a sensible solution to the challenges we've faced — it's 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," said Drummond.

He also said there might be some service slowdowns and delays in getting search results while the company beefs up resources to handle the re-directed queries.