“Dragonfly” is a secret Google project aimed at creating a search engine that would comply with China’s onerous censorship requirements. Since it was revealed in August, it’s drawn a ton of criticism from human rights groups, US lawmakers, and even Google employees. Lou explains why the project is problematic, and why the fate of the free and open internet is at stake.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING
The Intercept piece that broke story
theintercept.c...
The Intercept follow-up about “stopleaks” and employee memo
theintercept.c...
Open letter from human rights groups
www.hrw.org/ne...
Open letter from US Senators
www.scribd.com...
Letter from Google employees
int.nyt.com/da...
Pen America Report
pen.org/wp-con...
CREDITS
Writer: Louis Foglia
Editor: m.cho
Researcher: Page Ellerson
Supervising Producer: Allison Brown
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