As the conflict with China approached its climax (today google.cn is closed, and all users are redirected to uncensored google.com.hk), the company launched a special Google indicator Evil Meter , where you can track which Google sites are blocked from mainland China . True, it works for some reason with a delay.
On March 21, Youtube, Google Sites and Blogger services were completely blocked, and Google Docs, Google Groups and Picasa were partially blocked.
In an interview with the NY Times, Sergey Brin admitted that the showdown with China is a personal matter for him: until he was six years old, he lived in the totalitarian Soviet system, which left a strong imprint on his thinking, and now on Google’s policies.