Google is crafting a search engine that would meet China’s draconian censorship rules, a company employee told AFP on Thursday, in a move decried by human rights activists. The search project — which works like a filter that sorts out certain topics — can be tested within the company’s internal networks, the source said. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and The New York Times website are blocked in China, but Microsoft’s Bing search engine operates in China. In early 2010, Google shut down its search engine in mainland China after rows over censorship and hacking. The search engine project comes amid a US-China trade war, with both sides imposing tit-for-tat tariffs and President Donald Trump accusing Beijing of stealing US technological know-how.

Source: Punch August 02, 2018 12:22 UTC