In October Google CEO Sundar Pichai publicly acknowledged Dragonfly
Google has effectively suspended plans to develop a censored search engine for China following internal rifts over the controversial project, according to a report from investigative news site The Intercept.
Google was forced to shut down a data analysis system crucial for the development of the censored Chinese search engine, known as Dragonfly, after receiving complaints from the company’s privacy team, the report said, citing two sources.
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