London, Jan. 6 (ANI): Google has reluctantly conceded defeat in its latest effort to combat online censorship in China. <\/p>\n
Google's move comes after a year of behind-the-scenes brinkmanship over sensitive search terms banned by authorities. <\/p>\n
The searching giant quietly dropped a warning message shown to Chinese users when they search for politically sensitive phrases, after Beijing found new ways to cut them off from the web, the Guardian reports. <\/p>\n
According to the report, Google and Chinese authorities have been involved in a tense game of cat-and-mouse over the issue since May last year, when the feature was unveiled by the US company in an attempt to improve search for Chinese citizens. <\/p>\n
The standoff came to a head in December, when Google finally decided to drop the feature because users were still being disconnected by Chinese authorities. <\/p>\n
A source in China said Google decided it was 'counterproductive' to continue the technical dispute, despite several attempts to get around it, the report said. <\/p>\n
A Google spokesman confirmed it removed the notification features in December, but declined to comment further due to the sensitivity of the situation in China, it added. <\/p>\n
In November, Google's English-language and Chinese-language services were blocked for 24 hours as tensions stepped up. <\/p>\n
Google resolved to drop the notification features in early December after users continued to report problems for certain searches, the report added. (ANI) <\/p>\n
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