Category: project dragonfly

Former Google exec says he was pushed out for defending human rights

Post author By Randall
Post date January 2, 2020
Categories In business, Campaign, China, ethics, exec, expression, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, Google, human rights, international relations, Internet, maine, Politics, Privacy, privacy rights, project dragonfly, reorganization, ross lajeunesse, senate, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] LaJeunesse joined Google in 2008. In 2017, around the time Google was considering returning to China with a censored search engine, dubbed Project Dragonfly, LaJeunesse began lobbying to formalize Google’s principles supporting free expression and privacy, The Washington Post reports. People like Kent Walker, Google’s chief lawyer and head of policy, reportedly raised concerns […]

Google officially closes ‘Dragonfly,’ its controversial Chinese search project

Post author By Randall
Post date July 17, 2019
Categories In business, China, Entertainment, firewall, Google, Internet, karan bhatia, Politics, project dragonfly, search engine, services, sundar pichai, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Google has been vague about Project Dragonfly ever since it first came to light. Leaked documents indicated that the China-centric search app would automatically identify websites blocked by the country’s so-called Great Firewall, and simply remove them from search results. This would include information on free speech and political opposition, as well as any […]