In the new letter, penned by both managers and engineers, they rail against Google’s Project Dragonfly for its potential to ‘enable state surveillance’ and ‘aid the powerful in oppressing the vulnerable.’
Google employees revolt over plans for a censored Chinese search engine as senior executives sign letter demanding ‘Dragonfly’ is cancelled
- Letter has received over 275 signatures, some senior managers and engineers
- They urge Google to cancel Project Dragonfly, warning of human rights abuses
- Comes as Amnesty International is protesting the project across the globe today
- Project Dragonfly would have to comply with China’s rigid censorship laws and reportedly blocks terms like human rights, democracy and peaceful protests
