Google has been using an obscure Chinese website it still owns to figure out which web sites get blocked by Chinese authorities, as part of an effort to return to China, The Intercept reported. The site, 265.com, which is owned by Google’s old China-based joint venture, is a news portal with links and advertisements, and is the 1,318th most visited site in China, according to Alexa.com. The...
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