32:T236f,transcript = [ { time: "1:02:14", rep: "Sheila Jackson Lee", district: "D-TX", quotes:[ `We applauded you in 2010, when Google took a very powerful stand of principle and democractic values over profits — and came out of China. I am concerned that you are now going back into China and upholding the Dragonfly procedures which would help censor Chinese persons seeking a lifeline of democracy and freedom. How can you do that? And what are you doing to minimize or to indicate that this is not the best practices?`, `Congresswoman, at the outset — right now we have no plans to launch in China. We don't have a search product there. Our core mission is to provide users access to information and getting access to information is an important human right. So we are always compelled across the world to try hard to provide that information. But right now, there are no plans to launch search in China. I’m committed to being fully transparent, including with policymakers, to the extent that we ever develop plans to do that.` ] }, { time: "1:44:05", rep: "Tom Marino", district: "R-PA", quotes: [ `And with that said, I have a concern concerning China. In 2010, Google left the Chinese marketplace due to concerns over hacking attacks, censorship and how the Chinese government was possibly gaining access to data. I’m interested in what has changed since 2010 and how working with the Chinese government to censor research results are part of Google’s core values. Do you understand my question?`, `Congressman, we — right now there are no plans for us to launch a search product in China. We are in general always looking to see how best — it’s part of our core mission and our principles to try hard to provide users with information. We always have evidence, based on every country we’ve operated in, us reaching out and giving users more information has a very positive impact, and we feel that calling. But right now there are no plans to launch in China. To the extent we ever approach a decision like that, I will be fully transparent, including with policymakers here, and engage and consult widely.`, `Am I, then, to understand that you have no plans to enter into any agreements with China concerning Google, how it’s used in China?`, `We currently do not have a search product there, and so, you know —`, `Do you plan on having a search product there?`, `Right now there are no plans to launch a search product in China.`, `Okay. Let me ask it this way. If in the future, you decide to do that, what information would you share with the Chinese concerning other users, other countries?`, `Any time we look to operate in a country, we would — you know, we would look at what the conditions are to operate. There are times in the past we have debated the conditions to operate and we explore a wide range of possibilities. Currently it is an effort — only internally for us. We are not doing this in China. And so, you know — But I’m happy to consult back and be transparent should we plan something there.` ] }, { time: "2:03:13", rep: "David Cicilline", district: "D-RI", quotes: [ `I’d like now to turn to the question of China. Mr. Pichai, the operating environment in China has deteriorated with respect to surveillance, censorship and the like since Google first made the decision in 2010 to leave. In September I sent you a letter along with 15 other colleagues raising serious concerns about reports that Google is planning to re-enter the Chinese market with an app-based search engine that would likely have to comply with strict censorship and surveillance requirements imposed by the Chinese government. Since then a widespread chorus of opposition to such a move has emerged, including from lawmakers, leading human rights activists, and a group of Google’s own employess. The environment has deteriorated. Your launching an app in that environment would seem to be completely inconsistent with Google’s recently launched A.I. principles which say you will not design or deploy technologies whose — and I quote — purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights. It’s hard for me to imagine you could operate in the Chinese market under the current government framework and maintain a commitment to universal values such as freedom of expression and personal privacy. So I want to ask very specifically, are any employees currently having product meetings on this Chinese project? And if not, when did those end?`, `We have undertaken an internal effort, but right now there are no plans to launch a search service in China.`, `Are there any current discussions with any members of the Chinese government on launching this app?`, `Currently we are not in discussions around launching a search product in China.`, `Are there any current discussions with members of the Chinese government about this?`, `This effort currently is an internal effort, and you know, I’m happy to, you know, consult, and to be transparent direction — we take steps towards launching a project in China.`, `And who at Google is leading the Dragonfly effort?`, `Our efforts around building search, it’s undertaken by our search teams but these are distributed efforts. It’s a limited effort internally currently.`, `Will you, Mr. Pichai, rule out launching a tool for surveillance and censorship in China while you are CEO of Google?`, `Congressman, I come here to engage, and one of the things which is important to us as a company, we have a stated mission of providing users with information, and so we always — we think it’s in our duty to explore possibilities, to give users access to information. I have that commitment, but, you know, as I said earlier, on this we’ll be very thoughtful and we will engage widely as we make progress.`, ] }, { time: "2:30:40", rep: "Andy Biggs", district: "R-AZ", quotes: [ `And other people have brought up the work that you may or may not be doing in China, and I want a clarification of that. Are you looking to expand in China and cooperate with the Chinese government on a platform release in China?`, `To the question, it’s about search. Right now we have no plans to launch search in China. We have always over the years explored how best we can continue to serve users in China, but that’s what we are doing.`, `Are you doing anything with the data share with the Chinese government?`, `Today we don’t operate our services which involve user data like Google search or GMail in China, so no.`, `So you’re telling me nothing at all, then, with China?`, `We do provide, for example, Android, which is an operating system. We work with partners around the world and there are OEM manufacturers around the world, including in China.`, `So manufacturers, but beyond manufacturers, any other platform use?`, `We don’t have any special agreements on user data, today —`, `With the Chinese government?`, `That’s right.` ] }, { time: "2:53:00", rep: "Keith Rothfus", district: "R-PA", quotes: [ `Google has described its ethic with these pithy, great statements: don’t be evil, do the right thing. I’d like to discuss these ideals in relation to reports that Google — that we’ve been talking about with China. The strict authoritarianism the Chinese government rules its people with has caused concerns around the globe for generations. I vividly recall the early days of June 1999 in Tiananmen Square. Now I read reports, recent reports about crackdowns on Muslims, on Christians, on Falun Gong. Mass incarcerations and human rights abuses against people of faith in China should be a major concern for everyone around the world, including your company. Did Google design a prototype for a search engine that could be used in China to censor content?`, `Congressman, we have undertaken an internal effort —`, `Did they — did you create a prototype, though? There was a report in The Intercept that says that a prototype for the censored search engine was designed.`, `We have —`, `Are they wrong?`, `We have explored what search could look like, if it were to be launched in a country like China. And that’s what we explored. And —`, `How many months was that project ongoing?`, `We have had the project underway for a while. And there have been other projects which we have undertaken for a while and we have never launched them, too. So we could be constantly exploring —`, `How many people were working on it?`, `The estimates have change — you know, sorry — the number of engineers in the project has varied over time.`, `Ten?`, `At one point we’ve had over a hundred people working on it. It’s my understanding.` ] } ]33:[] 30:{"title":"Sundar Pichai’s Congressional Testimony on Google’s Project Dragonfly","cells":[{"id":0,"value":"md`# Sundar Pichai’s Congressional Testimony on Google’s Project Dragonfly\n\n*Earlier today the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, testified before the House Judiciary Committee. 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