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===Internet censorship===
===Internet censorship===
Between 2006 and 2010, [[Google]] had a censored version of its search engine in mainland China on google.cn. In 2010, Google ended its censored Mainland Chinese version, instead offering a link to the Hong Kong Chinese version, which did not censor search results, but is blocked in the Mainland. The Communist Party promotes Internet use for commerce, but heavily censors content it deems pornographic, anti-social or politically subversive and blocks many foreign news and social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The censorship is nicknamed the "Great Firewall of China," which is based on the Great Wall of China. However, the censorship can be easily bypassed by using a VPN.
Between 2006 and 2010, [[Google]] had a censored version of its search engine in mainland China on google.cn. In 2010, Google ended its censored Mainland Chinese version, instead offering a link to the Hong Kong Chinese version, which did not censor search results, but is blocked in the Mainland. The Communist Party promotes Internet use for commerce, but heavily censors content it deems pornographic, anti-social or politically subversive and blocks many foreign news and social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The censorship is nicknamed the "Great Firewall of China," which is based on the Great Wall of China. However, the censorship can be easily bypassed by using a VPN.