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Chinese Man Sues State-Owned Cell Phone Company For Blocking Google

Posted by timothy on from the we-wish-him-much-luck dept.

jfruh writes China is notorious for censoring the Internet for its citizens, and access in the country became particularly spotty last year as the government tried to block any commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Tiannamen Square massacre. But now one Chinese man is striking back through the courts. A 26-year-old legal practitioner is suing his cell phone company, the government-owned China Unicom, and demanding a refund for periods in which he was unable to access Gmail or Google's Hong Kong search page.

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  1. Good luck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Long Wang sure has a lot of balls to do this

  2. Re:Just curious ... by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    China

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  3. One mistake by StripedCow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unfortunately for him, the judge is also state-owned.

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  4. GERMAN MAN SUES REICH-OWNED AUTO MFR by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hey! There wasn't any racism in that, was there Chinaman?

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