Cybersecurity
China Crackdown on Google Reflects Tiananmen Anniversary
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As China approaches the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the Communist Party is taking no chances with dissent, online or off.
Google Inc. services including search, Gmail and Translate have been disrupted since at least late last week, according to Greatfire.org, a site that tracks Internet access. Police detained dozens of people and warned foreign journalists against writing stories about the June 4, 1989, crackdown, and the Wall Street Journal’s website was blocked.