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Google should publicly address position on China, GOP lawmaker says

Google should publicly address position on China, GOP lawmaker says
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to the company last week

Freshman Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a public letter to Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai last week asking for him to explain the company’s work in China to the public. The letter followed Pichai’s week full of meetings in DC addressing comments made by US defense leaders in March.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting in March, General Joseph Dunford argued that Google’s current work in China “is indirectly benefiting the Chinese military.” The comments alarmed lawmakers and on Wednesday, Pichai met with President Donald Trump and Dunford in what appeared to be an attempt to deescalate tension.

Hawley asked the initial question that spurred the debate, and after taking note of Google’s meeting, he is now calling for the company to publicly address its approach in China.

“According to reports,” Hawley writes, “the work Google is doing with China not only includes development of artificial intelligence technology that may possibly be used by Chinese military and intelligence services to exploit Americans’ data and privacy, but also the introduction of platforms that advance a value system and modes of behavior fundamentally at odds with our own.”
Source: The Verge
National Congress China by Dong Fang is licensed under Wikimedia Commons

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