Google plans censored version of search engine in China

The Google logo during the opening of the new Google office in Zurich, Switzerland. Source: AAP Image_ EPA_WALTER BIERI

Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites and search terms.

Google has confirmed it allows some external software developers to read and analyse the inboxes of Gmail users Source: Pixabay/PhotoMIX Company

The project is code named “Dragonfly” and has been underway since the spring of 2017, the news website said.

Search terms about human rights, democracy, religion and peaceful protests will be among the words blacklisted in the search engine app.

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