Human rights groups press #google on China plans ahead of Pichai testimony
December 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
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.
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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