Google’s Secret China Project Sparks Fury Among Workers
- Some staff criticize plans to build China ‘censorship engine’
- Search app fits with CEO strategy to make Google truly global
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Google staff awoke on Wednesday to surprising news: Their company is working on a search app tailored, and censored, for China. The project, kept secret from all but select teams and leaders, sparked a furious internal debate.
Yet the move couldn’t have been entirely surprising for Googlers.