A bipartisan group of congressmen has demanded answers from Google over the development of a censored search engine for China in cooperation with the strict Chinese communist government.
16 members of the House, including Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) who led them,signed an open letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressing “serious concerns” over Google’s compliance with the Chinese government on the project, and asking whether the project could lead to surveillance of Americans living in China.
“We write to share our serious concerns about reports that Google is planning to re-enter the Chinese market with an app-based search engine that will comply with the Chinese government’s strict censorship and restrictions on free speech,” declared the letter. “As policymakers, we have a responsibility to ensure that American companies are not perpetuating human rights abuses abroad, and to ensure that our regulatory and statutory systems are able to deal with changing business environments.”
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These corporations will sell their soul to make a dollar.
ReplyDeleteThe free market has no conscience, and no morals.
ReplyDeleteIt only cares about profit.
Think on that for a minute, then consider what you would do to inhibit the capitalist free market.