Google is 'exploring' a censored search tool for China

The possibility of Google making a return to China was leaked this summer, but the company has remained pretty tight-lipped about the matter. But now CEO Sundar Pichai has spoken publicly about the prospect of Google producing a censored version of its search engine to comply with Chinese regulations. Speaking at a conference in San Francisco, Pichai revealed that Google has, internally, built a search engine for China, because 'we wanted to learn what it would look like'. He said that the company is 'exploring' the idea, and pointed out that 99 percent of searches would not be censored. See… [Continue Reading]