Google is developing a censored news app for China

Google’s recently leaked plans to re-enter the Chinese market doesn’t end with a mobile search engine app. The company is also getting into the (censored) news business.

The Information reports that a news-aggregation app for China, which would be government censor-friendly, is under development at Google. Three sources told The Information that development of this news app began late last year and meetings with Chinese regulators to discuss the app have already been underway.

The Google news app for China would be powered by artificial intelligence, not human editors, and would provide content customized to each user. The Google app is said to closely resemble popular Chinese news reader app Toutiao, which currently has 120 million daily users. There are over 700 million mobile internet users in China. Read more…

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