China raise `` very serious concerns , '' and her agency has said it will file a formal protest over the company 's complaints . Also this month , foreign correspondents in at least two Chinese bureaus of news organizations had their Google e-mail accounts attacked , with e-mails forwarded to a mysterious address , according to the Foreign Correspondents ' Club of China . Clinton warned that the latest information technology -- designed to open access to governments -- can also be used by some governments to `` crush dissent and deny human rights . '' `` In the last year , we 've seen a spike in threats to the free flow of information . China , Tunisia and Uzbekistan have stepped up their censorship of the Internet , '' she said . `` In Vietnam , access to popular social networking sites has suddenly disappeared . And last Friday in Egypt , 30 bloggers and activists were detained . '' A member of that group , having since been freed , was in the audience , Clinton said . `` So while it is clear that the spread of these technologies is transforming our world , it
Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Thursday that a `` new information curtain is descending across much of the world . '' In a speech on Internet freedom and security , Clinton also urged China to investigate a wave of cyber attacks against Google and other companies . The Internet and other technologies are critical to foreign policy , and those who engage in cyber attacks should face international condemnation , she said . `` In an interconnected world , an attack on one nation 's networks can be an attack on all , '' she said at The Newseum in Washington . Clinton made the comments as search-engine giant Google threatened to shut down its operations in China , five years after agreeing to allow some censorship in exchange for the right to work in that country 's massive emerging technology market . Google charges that Chinese hackers have targeted Google and up to 34 other companies . The Chinese government argues that the Google case is a business dispute and should not affect overall relations between the two countries . Clinton has said that Google 's allegations of censorship and online attacks by