Author: Colin Lecher
Dozens of human rights groups signed on to an open letter today protesting Google’s plans for China, as CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before a House committee tomorrow.
“We are writing to ask you to ensure that Google drops Project Dragonfly and any plans to launch a censored search app in China, and to re-affirm the company’s 2010 commitment that it won’t provide censored search services in the country,” the letter, which is addressed to Pichai, begins.
Dragonfly project “is likely to set a terrible precedent”
Google has faced intense scrutiny since it was revealed that the company planned to launch a search product that would comply with the Chinese government’s surveillance and censorship demands. The company has...
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Dozens of human rights groups signed on to an open letter today protesting Google’s plans for China, as CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before a House committee tomorrow.
“We are writing to ask you to ensure that Google drops Project Dragonfly and any plans to launch a censored search app in China, and to re-affirm the company’s 2010 commitment that it won’t provide censored search services in the country,” the letter, which is addressed to Pichai, begins.
Dragonfly project “is likely to set a terrible precedent”
Google has faced intense scrutiny since it was revealed that the company planned to launch a search product that would comply with the Chinese government’s surveillance and censorship demands. The company has...
Continue reading…
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