SUBJECT: GOOGLE CLAIMS HARRASSMENT BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT
1. (SBU) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXXX claim the company's services have been
blocked by the Chinese government periodically over the past three years.
After users reported on June 18 that Google.cm search engine was not filtering
returns for pornographic sites, the government on June 24 again blocked the
company's services for 24 hours resulting in the loss of 20 percent of its
traffic that day.XXXXXXXXXXXXX believe the real reason for the government's
wrath is the company's refusal to remove a link to google.com from the google.cn
website. They argue doing so would be in violation of a commitment the company
made with Congress. End Summary.
