China threatens Google's internet licence over HK redirect2010-06-29 08:48 by DanielaTags: Google, China
Google has agreed to halt the automatic rerouting of its China search engine users to Hong Kong after Beijing officials threatened to not renew the firm's internet licence if it continued with the switcheroo. On 22 March this year Mountain View closed its China-based search engine and announced that it would redirect Google.cn visitors to its Hong Kong-based engine, Google.com.hk, where it would provide uncensored search results in simplified Chinese. At the time, a government official overseeing the internet bureau of the State Council Information Office responded by calling the move "totally wrong". However, Google has now been forced to end that rerouting tactic as its China internet licence is set to expire tomorrow (30 June). Google's legal boss, David Drummond, said in a blog post late yesterday that the Chinese authorities had told the world's largest ad broker that if it continued to redirect users to Hong Kong, the "Internet Content Provider Licence will not be renewed". Read more -here-
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