Google is censoring pornographic search results for users in China, although they redirected to a Google search engine that doesn’t block sensitive political content. Google began redirecting users who visit China based search engine to edition of Google.com.hk, company's Hong Kong site that utilizes easy Chinese script. Google's Safe Search filter, blocks content like porn and vulgarity, now can’t lifted on that version of Hong Kong site.

That differences with version of site based on usual Chinese script, written version of language that utilized in Hong Kong but not in mainland China. Users of that version change strength of Safe search filter. Users of Google's Hong Kong site easily switch its two Chinese-language versions. Native Chinese speakers frequently read both written versions of language, so avoiding checks on pornographic content would be easy for user who experiments with settings.

Google angered Chinese authorities by begin to redirect users of Google.cn to Hong Kong site, acting on promise made to end censoring search results for Chinese users. Sensitive political content blocked in mainland China, like discussions about Tibetan independence, emerges in unfiltered search results on Google's Hong Kong site. China slammed move as "totally wrong" and users expressed fear that Hong Kong site or other Google services blocked in revenge.

Google also said that it plans to continue offering censored search services to few business partners in China. Google already lost one China search partners as portal owner Tom Online switched provider for searches on Baidu.com, Google's top rival in China.