Gmail has been comprehensively blocked in China six months after government censors first began disrupting access to the service. China already blocks an array of Google services including its main search site, Google Maps, Google Docs, and Google Drive. China has been seen as taking an increasingly restrictive approach to online censorship in recent years, with one expert describing it as “an unprecedented crackdown.” Blocking Gmail however will not just hurt freedom of speech it could also damage Google’s market share in countries that regularly do business with China.
CHINA BLOCKS GMAIL
