![]() ![]() Knowledge of the project, known internally as Dragonfly, was first reported by the Intercept last August. When pressed by the stockholder to confirm that Google wouldn't release a censored search product in China at some point in the future, Walker remained silent. "As we said, we have no plans to offer a search engine in China, and we'll be very open to input from all stakeholders as we progress there." "We continually assess all the countries around the world where we're doing business to make sure that we can offer our services as broadly as possible," Walker said. Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave a presentation about the company at the start of the meeting, but sat silently on-stage during the 30-minute Q&A portion as his lieutenants fended off queries on hot-button topics like censorship in China.Ī question regarding a potential censored search engine in China was directed at Pichai but was answered by Kent Walker, the company's chief counsel. The meeting comes after a year of criticism that has rocked big tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon and even led to calls to for the government to break up the giant corporations. Several employees of Google-parent company Alphabet joined other shareholders and addressed senior management at the meeting, seeking reforms and commitments. ![]() Google executives faced a barrage of questions about the company's workplace policies and controversial business projects during its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, even as the company's cofounders skipped the event and Google's CEO kept mum during a sometimes testy round of questions. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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