BBC NEWS | Technology | Google censors itself for China

BBC NEWS Technology Google censors itself for China: "Leading internet search company Google has agreed to censor some of its services in China in order to satisfy Beijing's restrictions on free speech.
Google hopes the new web address for China will boost its access to one of the world's largest internet markets.
The company says the decision to censor content was hard, but says it has more influence if it is present in China.
Critics warn the censored version could restrict access to thousands of terms and web sites for Chinese users.
Topics which may be blocked include independence for Taiwan and the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Google's move in China comes less than a week after it resisted efforts by the US Department of Justice to make it disclose data on what people were searching for. "