Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Google Terminates Search Engine Project With China After President Trump Says He Would Launch An Investigation On Their Dealings



Daily Mail: Google reveals it has 'terminated' Chinese search engine project after Trump said he would launch an investigation into the internet giant and Peter Thiel said they were guilty of 'treason'

* A Google VP announced the tech giant had abandoned its 'Project Butterfly'
* The controversial plan would have seen Google search engine set up in China
* The project attracted widespread criticism from public & staff members
* Any search engine in China would have to comply with strict censorship laws
* Google pulled out of China in 2010 due to firm's unwillingness to submit restrictions
* Tech investor Peter Thiel claimed that Google has been infiltrated by Chinese intelligence services
* Donald Trump jumped in on Tuesday, praising Thiel as someone 'who knows this subject better than anyone' and urged his attorney general to follow up

Google has terminated its controversial project to set up a search engine in China, an executive told the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Google vice president of public policy Karan Bhatia revealed that 'Project Dragonfly' has been scrapped in response to a question from Republican Sen. Josh Hawley about its business with China.

The project faced public backlash as well as widespread criticism from the tech giant's own staff members, after it was revealed in The Intercept via leaked documents.

'We have terminated Project Dragonfly,' Bhatia said of the company's efforts to expand to the Chinese market, according to Buzzfeed News.

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WNU Editor: Google faced a very hostile hearing yesterday on their relationship with China. It is also clear that they want no one to investigate their relationship with China. Hence the very quick termination of this project.

More News On Google Terminating Its Search Engine Project With China

Google's Project Dragonfly 'terminated' in China -- BBC
Google executive finally confirms that the tech giant is no longer working on a censored search engine for China -- Business Insider
Google Exec Tells Senate That Project Dragonfly Has Been "Terminated" -- Gizmodo
Google ‘Terminates’ Chinese Search Project ‘Dragonfly’ – Top Exec -- Sputnik

7 comments:

Bob Huntley said...

Thiel needs to read the Constitution.

Mike Feldhake said...

No more is needed said - if a threat causes this reaction they are Guilty! Damn, I liked Google.

Anonymous said...

Why did you like Google? They removed "Don't be evil" as their company slogan long ago.

Anonymous said...

A dolt thinks the Constitution is a suicide pact.

Dolt thinks he is so clever interpreting it that way.

But Dolt thinks going to McDonalds on a date is living large.

Carl said...

The Yellow Peril is Back! Joe McCarthy would be proud!

Anonymous said...

Yellow Peril?

Japanese can buy anything they want in the US if the current owners put it up for sale.

Maybe it is about ideology and not race?

Alos:

"McCarthy's baseline allegation of Soviet infiltration of the U.S. Government is buttressed by the Venona decrypts"

Give it a rest Carl.

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