Western tech exodus continues. Yahoo becomes latest American tech firm to pull its services from China, amid new restrictive laws
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Microsoft Shutters LinkedIn In China Over Increasing Censorship
LinkedIn, China's last major US-operated social network, is being closed down, due to Beijing's increasing censorship of the online world
Official Chinese App Allows Backdoor Access To Phones, Warns Cure 53
Security vendor finds heavily promoted Chinese app contains code to allow state monitoring of phones
‘No Plans’ For China Return, Says Google Boss
But Pichai tells the US Congress that Google continues to explore its options in that country
Google Confirms Existence Of Project Dragonfly
Google confirms Project Dragonfly is being developed, but 'censorship search' for China is not close to launch
US Congress Grill Google On China Censorship Plans
Google faces calls from six US senators, numerous human rights groups, and 1,000 staff over China expansion
Google Plots China Return With Censorship Software – Report
Do No Evil? Google reportedly building search engine for China that allows for content to be censored
China Domain Proposals Prompt Web Crackdown Fears
Government proposal to create 'whitelist' of approved websites raises fears of further crackdowns on web users in China
Google Gmail Block Continues In China
China's Great Firewall reportedly blocks access to Gmail, but the Chinese media blame Google for the disruption
Google Disruption Resumes In China After Brief Respite
The Great Firewall of China is back up and blocking Google access after a brief pause for Chinese users
Great Firewall Of China Blocks All Foreign Sites Following Brief Hiccup
Update to national firewall suspected as cause of temporary foreign site blackout
Anonymous Defaces Many Chinese Government Websites
Hacktivist group Anonymous said it has defaced and hacked hundreds of Chinese government websites
Data Smuggling Software Defeats China Firewall
Computer scientists in the US have successfully disguised data to evade Chinese censorship
China Loses More Than A Million Websites
A Chinese government think tank says that the number of websites in China has nearly halved since 2009
Falun Gong Says Cisco Aids Chinese Repression
Cisco has been accused of assisting the Chinese government in its persecution of Falun Gong followers