censorship in China is on the agenda. For the Google search engine is a Problem. Long, the group worked at a own search engine, but that is over now.
For a hearing in the Congress, it is amazing, specifically: Google’s chief Sundar Pichai reports rejected, the company was ready, the Chinese Internet censorship: “at The Moment we have no plans for a search engine in China,” he says. Access to information is an important human right. “So we try to around the world to provide access to information. Currently, there are no plans for China.”
Previously, it had been reported that Google is developing with “Dragonfly,” a product that censored explicit information, and the dissidents can be tracked.
Google-in-chief Pichai was interviewed for three hours.
Republicans: Google is censoring conservative opinions
a Total of three and a half hours, says Pichai before the judiciary Committee of the house of representatives. Had charged the Republicans. Members, such as Lamar Smith of San Antonio before throw Google, conservative content to the press: “This doesn’t happen by chance, but is part of the Algorithms. Those who write Algorithms to get the results you want, and the Management allowed that,” claims Smith. Again and again have to defend themselves Pichai against such accusations from Republicans.
If Google employees are against President Donald Trump, then the reflected in the product. Perception is reality, summarizes the Deputy Doug Collins. Republican Matt Goetz calls on Google to check the political Persuasion of employees:
“you know, that the resistance calls the movement, President Trump. There is a group in your company, the discussions in the working hours with the help of the infrastructure of the company. That would be something you want to investigate?”, he asks.
Pichai: We are neutral
Google-in-chief Pichai replied that for the 90,000 employees freedom of opinion is guaranteed to be manifestation in the firm. “It is important for us to show that our products work, without being biased. And we create them in a neutral manner.”
The political wrangling of the members warrants to the Google CEO, that he is less questioned is the responsibility of the company. Or after the data leak at Google+ at the beginning of the week.