*Google disrupted prior to Tiananmen Anniversary; Mirror sites enable uncensored access to information <https://en.greatfire.org/node/1030705>*
Google started to encrypt search by default in China in March and currently nearly all users will be redirected to the encrypted version automatically. But prior to the anniversary of Tiananmen incident, GFW(Great Firewall of China) began to severely disrupt Google search <https://en.greatfire.org/https/www.google.com.hk> by disrupting TCP connections to Google IPs. The block is indiscriminate as all Google services in all countries, encrypted or not, are now blocked in China. This blockage includes Google search, images, translate, Gmail and almost all other products. In addition, the block covers Google Hong Kong <https://en.greatfire.org/https/www.google.com.hk> (China’s version of Google), Google.com <https://en.greatfire.org/www.google.com> and all other country specific versions. We made unblockable mirror sites and Apps <https://unblock.cn.com/> that can be accessed without any special tools or configuration. Currently, the mirror sites include FreeWeibo <https://s3.amazonaws.com/freeweibo./index.html>, our own project that collected and publish censored Sina Weibo and its unblockable Android app <https://s3.amazonaws.com/freeweibo./index.html?u=android>. GFW failed to block our iOS app, but Apple voluntarily took it down. China digital times( English <https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdtimes./index.html?u=>/Chinese <https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdtimes./index.html>) and Pao-Pao <https://s3.amazonaws.com/pao-pao./index.html>, all of which produce highly sensitive content but cannot be blocked (of course, all original websites are blocked) without causing serious economic damages. Microsoft, Amazon, and Github have to be blocked, creating serious problems for companies located in China. If our mirror sites are not blocked during this year’s June 4th, it's fair to say that our collateral freedom approach passes one of the most rigorous tests of censorship and we're on the right track to defeating GFW and make information accessible to all. Percy Alpha(PGP <https://en.greatfire.org/contact#alt>) GreatFire.org Team
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