China tightens blockade on Google, blocking email app access to Gmail [Update: restored for now]
Update: The FT reports that access has been restored for now at least, with a slight pickup in Google’s stats appearing to confirm.
China has tightened its firewall blockade of Google services, reports Re/code and the WSJ, with email apps no longer able to access Gmail via IMAP, POP3 or SMTP. While web access to Gmail has been blocked since June – believed related to the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre – users had remained able to access mail using email apps like Apple Mail and Outlook until Friday …
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