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The great firewall of China allowed Google access for one hour this weekend

on Mar 28, 2016 | 0 comments

By Charlotte McEleny

Chinese web users used Google for an hour this weekend after the search giant broke through the country’s firewall due to the implementation of new IP servers in Asia.

According to the South China Morning Post, bloggers started posting online that they had gained access to Google on Sunday night at 11.30pm, only to find that ‘the great firewall of China’ had once again shut it down by 1.15am.

It is believed that the search engine’s access was due to a new series of IP servers in Asian areas which the firewall didn’t recognise until later, when it Read full story ›

Source: The Drum