A follow-up to previous news about Google's "Project Dragonfly" from the same sources. Google was already facing internal and external pressure after the memo mentioned in the previous article...
A follow-up to previous news about Google's "Project Dragonfly" from the same sources. Google was already facing internal and external pressure after the memo mentioned in the previous article circulated, but it seems like they're now going so far as to aggressively exclude possible dissenting voices, even if it means bypassing it's own internal structures completely, and steam on ahead.
According to three sources, employees working on Dragonfly were told by Beaumont, the company’s China chief, that [Google co-founder Sergey Brin] had met with senior Chinese government officials and had told them of his desire to re-enter the Chinese market, obeying local laws as necessary.
Two sources working on Dragonfly believed that Beaumont may have misrepresented Brin’s position in an attempt to reassure the employees working on Dragonfly that the effort was fully supported at the highest levels of the company, when that may not have been the truth.
“How much did Sergey know? I am guessing very little,” said one source, “because I think Scott [Beaumont] went to great lengths to ensure that was the case.”
If these allegations are true than this isn't just a question of employees revolting against what they see as unethical practices by Google, but possibly an internal conflict within Google's own upper echelons as well. I cannot imagine anyone would think a manager or a CEO going behind a co-founder's back would be acceptable, especially where questions as ethically charged as censorship and human rights activism are concerned.
Don't be evil, ehh? I've got to say, I never thought I'd see the day where I hold Google in lower regard than Apple and Microsoft... But here we are. Not that I hold Apple or Microsoft in high...
Don't be evil, ehh?
I've got to say, I never thought I'd see the day where I hold Google in lower regard than Apple and Microsoft... But here we are. Not that I hold Apple or Microsoft in high regard either.
You either die a hero, or you live long enough to become the villain.
A follow-up to previous news about Google's "Project Dragonfly" from the same sources. Google was already facing internal and external pressure after the memo mentioned in the previous article circulated, but it seems like they're now going so far as to aggressively exclude possible dissenting voices, even if it means bypassing it's own internal structures completely, and steam on ahead.
Echoing previous actions Google employees are now calling for another walkout to protest/sabotage the plan.
If these allegations are true than this isn't just a question of employees revolting against what they see as unethical practices by Google, but possibly an internal conflict within Google's own upper echelons as well. I cannot imagine anyone would think a manager or a CEO going behind a co-founder's back would be acceptable, especially where questions as ethically charged as censorship and human rights activism are concerned.
Don't be evil, ehh?
I've got to say, I never thought I'd see the day where I hold Google in lower regard than Apple and Microsoft... But here we are. Not that I hold Apple or Microsoft in high regard either.
You either die a hero, or you live long enough to become the villain.