
China’s Numbers Force Google to Recalculate Its Morals
China’s Numbers Force Google to Recalculate Its Morals
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 3, 20185m 38s
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Show Notes
In 2010, Google made a moral calculus. The company had been censoring search results in China at the behest of the Communist government since launching there in 2006. But after a sophisticated phishing attack to gain access to the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, Google decided to stop censoring results, even though it cost the company access to the lucrative Chinese market.
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