"With that kind of responsibility, everyone — inside and outside Google — needs to stay vigilant and continue to hold the giant accountable. Avoiding internal oversight and criticism will not evade the backlash that will come from launching a complicit service, or the damaging consequences to Chinese users when Google’s compromises are used against them. It is better to have this debate now, in public, than to pick up the pieces when the damage has been done."
EFF and many other organizations praised Google years ago for refusing to sacrifice the company’s values for access to the Chinese market. But now it seems the company has reversed course. *****qQD5hmpsaZ
— EFF (@EFF) August 18, 2018
员工对作恶的抵制愤而发表的公开信：
AN OPEN LETTER BY GOOGLE EMPLOYEES.
#Google’s willingness to abide by China #XiJinping’s censorship requirements “Raise Urgent Moral and Ethical Issues.”
Hundreds of Googlers signed an open letter against the company's planned censored search engine for #China , known internally as project #dragonfly .
— Nitesh Sawhney (@bablogger) August 17, 2018
Good on you #Google Employees #FridayFeeling #FridayMotivation #FridayThoughts #TechNews *****TKeAwJhjI3
NEW: Google executives misled staff in a meeting Thursday on the company's China censorship plans. Here's 13 questions they've been dodging & must answer. #Dragonfly *****RoHX5fNROD
— Ryan Gallagher (@rj_gallagher) August 17, 2018
Google CEO tells employees “We are not close to launching a search product in China” amid rising anger over exploration of a relaunch there *****ZSXElSUtgc
— Shannon Bond (@shannonpareil) August 17, 2018
此前纽时的报道：有谷歌员工不满公司推中国“净身版”搜寻器愤而辞职
报道引述其中一条内部员工发出的信息指，有些被指派研发净身版搜寻器的员工已经拒绝公司的要求，宁愿调职到其他岗位，有些甚至已经辞职。这些员工说，他们被指派的工作，违反了谷歌早前就中国审查措施所发表的声明，并同时抵触公司最近才拟定使用人工智能的道德标准。这个标准特别严禁人工智能用作违反人权的用途。
国际特赦组织则表示，如果谷歌屈服于中国的审查条件，这将会是“网络自由一个黑暗的日子”，并同时对“言论自由和互联网自由构成一赤裸攻击”。
不过根据华尔街日报报道，谷歌就算屈膝求存，获准在中国重启业务的可能性也不大
报道指出，第一个障碍是中美的贸易战。如果特朗普政府坚持进一步对价值2000亿美元的中国货征收25%的关税，中国未能作出点对点的反制（因中国进口美国货品本来就不多），中国或许采取其他让美国难受的报复措施，在此情况下，谷歌重返中国谈何容易。
其次就是谷歌执行长布林之前对中国政府毫不留情的批评，报道认为中国是一个记仇记得很久的国家，布林8年前退出中国市场时批评中国在审查制度和监控异见分子方面，“无异于一个独裁政权，而我个人对此感到不安”。报道指出，中国不会轻易忘记布林这番讲话的。
https://twitter.com/nytchinese/status/1024950432706134018
