Google Employees Uncover Ongoing Work on Censored China Search
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Google Employees Uncover Ongoing Work on Censored China Search
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#2Reuters said that google employees have also signed a letter protesting the company’s building of a censored search engine for China
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#3Seems more like a hydra than a Dragonfly at this point.
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#4I think what will end up happening is Google employees will just self-sort until there aren't enough people left in the company to oppose projects like this. People who are strongly opposed on moral grounds will leave, further strengthening management's choices. While Google is probably sad to see them go, it would be even sadder to continue missing out on the world's largest market. I doubt the employee protests will win out here in the long run.
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#5This means Google has not realized the situation when the bottom line of Chinese government is touched. They will learn this lesson from China.
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#6Why would they? Google fears China is going to create their own version of Google and will lose access to the country and possibly more of Asia. They are going to try very hard to keep their foot in the door there.
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#7Why would they? Google fears China is going to create their own version of Google and will lose access to the country and possibly more of Asia. They are going to try very hard to keep their foot in the door there.
> Why would they?
Morals, perhaps.
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#8Why would they? Google fears China is going to create their own version of Google and will lose access to the country and possibly more of Asia. They are going to try very hard to keep their foot in the door there.
> Why would they? Morals, perhaps.
Money will always trump morals with companies. It's not ideal but the truth.
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#9I find kind of hypocrite to reject the idea of a company working in a product that serves the Chinese market (which, btw, is ultra protectionist), while actively consuming goods that are manufactured in China.
I'm not saying that people don't have the right to morally object something like this project, but it's kind of baffling that many are loudly voicing their concerns and demonizing any company that is attempting to do something in China, while looking the other way when tweeting from their Chinese made iPhones, and writing dissenting articles in their Chinese made computers.
People should try to find better ways to calibrate their moral compass and focus their activism into more important and threatening issues. There are liberties that are being violated right here, right now.
If you think you can't work at Google because they are building a product for China, it would be pretty hard to work for any company in America, given how everything in this country is piggybacked on Chinese made goods.
Re: Google Employees Uncover Ongoing Work on Censored China Search
#10Why would they? Google fears China is going to create their own version of Google and will lose access to the country and possibly more of Asia. They are going to try very hard to keep their foot in the door there.
> Google fears China is going to create their own version of Google and will lose access to the country
They already lost access to China nine years ago, and are now trying to get that access back.