What Could Google Look Like in Censored China

What Could Google Look Like in Censored China

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Veterans' Project, Life in Space, Student Debt, Women and Ultras

Episode: Veterans' Project, Life in Space, Student Debt, Women and Ultras

  • Nov 12, 2018 10:00 pm
  • 23:55 mins

Guest: Rory Truex, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Department of Politics, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University Eight years ago, Google took its search engine offline in China because the company didn’t want to comply with China’s censorship rules. Since then, Google has been secretly developing a version of its search engine that would satisfy the Chinese government’s demands. More than a thousand Google employees signed a letter protesting the project on ethical grounds. But Google’s CEO says the search engine would provide better information for Chinese citizens. In moving back into the Chinese market, is Google going back on its motto, "Don't Be Evil?"