Google found itself probed by members of the House Judiciary committee yesterday, as the US governme
Google found itself probed by members of the House Judiciary committee yesterday, as the US government attempted to understand reported efforts to re-enter the Chinese market. CEO Sundar Pichai told the panel that the company had “no plans” at this time to relaunch its search engine after its removal in 2010, yet continuously tiptoed around dismissing the idea entirely.
Aside from cyber-attacks originating from China, the primary reason Google pulled out of the Chinese market was due to mounting pressure from the country’s government to censor its search results. Reports of Project Dragonfly emerged earlier this year, doubling back on this stance with a catered search engine being developed specifically for China.
“Right now there are no plans for us to launch a search product in China,” Pichai told Congress, who questioned how this wouldn’t contradict Google’s core values. “We are, in general, always looking to see how best — it’s part of our core mission and our principles — to try hard to provide users with information.
