Google’s Gmail blocked in China

Google’s Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world’s biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the country’s «great firewall» was to blame.

As reports Armenpress, large numbers of Gmail web addresses were cut off in China on Friday, according to GreatFire.org, a China-based freedom of speech advocacy group. Users said the service was still down on Monday.

Imagine if Gmail users might not get through to Chinese clients. Many people outside China might be forced to switch away from Gmail.

Google’s Transparency Report, which shows real-time traffic to Google services, displayed a sharp dropoff in traffic to Gmail from China on Friday.

«We’ve checked and there’s nothing wrong on our end», a Singapore-based spokesman for Google said in an email.