Gmail is blocked on China, after months of problems, with some pointing to the "Great Firewall of China" as responsible, as reported by Reuters.
Large number of addresses gmail were blocked in China on Friday, according to GreatFire.org, a China-based free-speech group. According users, the service is still down today and Monday.
“I think the government is just trying to further reduce its presence Google to China and weaken its overseas markets," noted a member of GreatFire.org, which uses pen name. “Imagine Gmail users not being able to contact Chinese customers. Many outside China will be forced to leave Google's email service."
Google's transparency report, which shows real-time traffic to Google services, has shown a sharp drop in Gmail traffic from China on Friday. "We have audited and there is nothing wrong with us," said a spokesman for Google in Singapore via email.
Problems have been noted in almost all of Google's services in China since June, but until last week Gmail users could see emails downloaded through protocols like IMAP, SMTP, and POP3.
It is reminded that the country has the world's most sophisticated Internet censorship mechanism, also known as the Great Firewall of China. Critics say it deliberately hinders foreign online services in the year with the goal of creating an Internet detached from the rest of the world.
Erl Zimjevski, her executive Dyn Research, confirmed at Mashable that an "IP-level" block in Gmail has taken place. "China has a number of ways in which it can block material. One of the coarsest is simply blocking an IP address, and when you do that, you block all the material available to IP, "he said.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
