Dragonfly: A open letter to Google, which is signed by nearly 300 of its employees, asks the company searchs to abandon its efforts to create the Dragonfly censorship engine that requires China to show Google in the country.
“Giving the Chinese government an easy access on user data, as required by Chinese law, will make Google complicit in oppression and human rights abuses," reads the letter created by the Google Employees Against Dragonfly group.
Our opposition to Dragonfly is not about China: We are protesting for technologies that help the powerful oppress the vulnerable, wherever they may be.
The group said many of them work at Google because the company was "willing to put its values above its profits," and that they appreciate Google's 2010 decision not to censor Results search in China. However, they believe this is no longer the case.
Referring to the change in company values, they recalled the Pentagon's AI project is called Maven. This project did not proceed due to the reaction of thousands of company employees.
"We ask the leadership to commit to transparency, clear communication and real accountability. Google is too powerful not to be responsible," the letter reads.
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