Google CEO to Testify Before House Judiciary Dec. 5
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will testify at 10 a.m. Dec. 5 in 2141 Rayburn, the House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday (see 1809280041). The hearing will focus on “potential bias and the need for greater transparency regarding the filtering practices” of…
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Google. Noting social media’s benefits, Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said platforms also can be “used to suppress particular viewpoints and manipulate public opinion.” Reports suggest Google “is compromising its core principles by complying with repressive censorship mandates from China,” said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. More than 300 Google employees are demanding the company abandon project Dragonfly (see 1810160022), which critics described as a censored Chinese version of Search. Employees no longer believe Google is willing to place values above profits, the group wrote, joining Amnesty International in opposition. “Our work on search has been exploratory, and we are not close to launching a search product in China,” a company spokesperson emailed.