Google discreetly launches a search tool for Chinese users

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After an 8-year hiatus in the world's most populous country, it seems the search giant Google is about to make a comeback, marking its presence. Recent sources suggest that Google is discreetly deploying a search tool for users in China.

Information from The Intercept reveals a meeting between Google's CEO Sundar Pichai and a top government official in China in December last year, aimed at Google's re-entry into the world's most populous market.

Google discreetly launches a search tool for Chinese users

Project Dragonfly - Google's Curated Search Tool

The project codenamed 'Dragonfly' was deployed since last spring, currently featuring two mobile applications for Android named Maotai and Longfei. One of these apps is set to be released later this year after approval from Chinese officials.

The curated version of Google's search tool is developed as a mobile app to 'place sensitive search keywords on a blacklist' and filter all websites (news, human rights, democracy, religion, and peaceful protests in China) blocked by the Chinese government, including Wikipedia, BBC News, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Additionally, the curated search tool will also screen and place sensitive Google search images, check spelling, and blacklist suggestive search features. Currently, about 200 Google employees are working on Project Dragonfly.

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