Russia funded search engine to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam redirect queries politically sensitive terms, the search engine of the United States is obviously a website containing criticism of the ruling party to avoid sending surfing anger or liability of the government.
This Thursday, as well as funding to start, COC COC, which states that it does not seem examination results are as follows Associated Press story. This shift illustrates the difficulties faced in Vietnam's booming Internet industry, must stifle online dissent, it is a challenge, the dictatorship of the Government's intention to contend with.
COC COC, it sends a message to the ruling Communist Party, it does not have to worry about it to encourage the opposition to one-party rule. But it noted that Google may encounter difficulties if you want to open an office in Vietnam, and to promote their products - rather than as a government review. Google office in Vietnam, because it concerns the responsibility of the content on its servers. COC COC has a staff of 300 people, a large office in the capital, Hanoi.
AP story pointed out on Wednesday, the COC COC search results for "Vietnam Tan, a well-known overseas pro-democracy groups banned in Vietnam, similar to Google. Each bring to the organization of English and Vietnamese website. As of last Thursday, that changed. To be greeted by the news that the search for "invalid" before being automatically redirected to the Google page shows the return of the "Vietnam Tan, one of the search for the country's most famous dissident, Le Quoc Quan, treated in the same way.
COC COC on behalf of through instant messaging services and an interview with reporters, the company said, "has decided not to in political inquiry service segment".
"We are completely divorced from politics, only interested in the technology of computer enthusiasts," the representative said. "This is not our focus, so, as long as you want to find something in English, French or Vietnamese politics - use Google."
Google refused to express comments.
Google search engine in China in 2010, moved to check the line after Hong Kong and Beijing. Decided to allow the inspectors on behalf of the government, dominate the market, the Chinese search engine Baidu. Google at the request of the governments of the world to take some of the material, but not willing to wholesale review.
COC COC, or "knock knock" in English, is the latest in a series of challengers Google's dominance in Vietnam, one of the countries of the 90 million people, the fastest growth in the world Internet usage. It considers its algorithm makes the Vietnamese language better search. It also shooting and shooting on the streets of the commercial enterprises across the country, the data used in the richer search experience.
Shaken by the explosion of online dissidents, the Vietnamese government is drafting laws will strengthen freedom of expression on the Internet, and may force Google and other companies to maintain its servers within the country. Conventional block and filter sensitive site, sentences long term blog, and suspected of involvement in key hacker attacks the ruling party on the site.
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