HKMEx had said on Saturday in a statement on its website that it has ceased trading because its trading revenue couldn't support its operating expenses.
Pirate Party UK - which is not affiliated with The Pirate Bay - said it created the proxy website as an act of "freedom of expression" and to support "the right to share information and ideas without interference and that censorship is never the right answer".
Upadhyay said the standard could be implemented independently of Google by any website owner or web service provider, though browsers will need to be modified to supportit.