Google Confirms Censored Search Engine ‘Dragonfly’ Being Developed for China

[Sanguine]

CEO Sundar Pichai celebrated that most search queries would not be censored

BY: Paul Crookston   
October 16, 2018 12:57 pm

Google is developing a search engine that’s compliant with China’s repressive speech policies, CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed Monday night.

The tech giant’s executives are happy with the search engine's performance and they believe it is in accordance with the company’s values, Pichai said at an event hosted by Wired magazine. Employees and public officials have been among the critics of the project, code-named Project Dragonfly, but Pichai said most search topics will not be censored.

"If Google were to operate in China, what would it look like? What queries will we be able to serve?" Pichai said at the event. "It turns out we’ll be able to serve well over 99 percent of the queries."

"It's a wonderful, innovative market. We wanted to learn what it would look like if we were in China, so that's what we built internally," Pichai also said, advocating a "longer-term view."...

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/google-confirms-censored-search-engine-developed-china/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=ac72eb9a3e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-ac72eb9a3e-46053053