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Google Scales the Great Firewall, Falls Off 105 Minutes Later (techinasia.com)

Posted by msmash on from the breaking-the-wall dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Citizens of mainland China unexpectedly found themselves with unfettered access to Google search late last night, commencing a golden age of censorship-free searching that lasted all of 105 minutes. For the duration of the film Edward Scissorhands, lasting from 11:30pm on Sunday to 1:15am on Monday morning, Google's search -- but not other services like Gmail or YouTube -- was unblocked

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  1. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What does Edward Scissor-hands have to do with this? :/

    1. Re:Huh? by avandesande · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It was sort of interesting at the time, but now it just another 'Johnny Depp Acting Weird Movie'

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    2. Re:Huh? by Sax+Russell+5449D29A · · Score: 4, Informative

      Ironically there's a film on that list called Firewall.

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      -SR
  2. Nothing to see here by mdsolar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Move along. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...