Forget Big Oil. Google Is the New Target for Activists
- Human rights groups sully internet giant’s idealistic image
- Tarnished profile may weaken Google’s grip on smart engineers
Amnesty International activists hold a giant dragonfly-shaped balloon with a banner reading "Google, do not censor in China, no to the Dragonfly project", outside the Google headquarters in Madrid.
Photographer: Oscar Del Pozo/AFP via Getty Images
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When Vanessa Harris started working at Google, she didn’t think the company would ever be the subject of human rights protests. But eight years later, that’s exactly what’s happened.
Google, which famously adopted the creed “Don’t be evil,” has fallen into a corporate club previously filled by oil companies, mining giants and weapons manufacturers.