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Global protests outside Google offices builds pressure on company executives to officially announce the closure of Project Dragonfly

Friday, 18 January 2019 Media release, for immediate use To mark Internet Freedom Day, Tibetans, Tibet supporters and corporate campaigners gathered outside multiple Google offices in 10 countries, across 5 continents, to call on the Google to scrap its controversial... Read More

Google DropDragonfly | “We are at a critical moment”

January 18 2019 | Third letter to Google Management Ronan Harris, Managing Director, Google UK & Ireland Six Pancras Square
6 Pancras Rd
Kings Cross, London
N1C 4AG cc’d Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Google Dear Mr Harris and Mr Pichai We write to you on... Read More

Open Letter: Response to Google on Project Dragonfly, China, and Human Rights

International Tibet Network joins over 50 rights organisations calling on Google to abandon the censored search engine ‘Project Dragonfly’ being developed for the Chinese market. Dear Mr. Pichai, (Cc: Ben Gomes, Vice President of Search; Kent Walker, Senior Vice President... Read More

“Google should be our ally, not our target” – Coalition of Tibetans, Uyghurs, tech and China experts tells Google to drop Dragonfly, its bespoke censored search engine for China

Ahead of a U.S. Congressional Hearing that will examining Google’s transparency and accountability related to its data collection and use, global human rights campaigners – including a Senior Research Scientist and former Google employee – joined forces, urging Google to... Read More

Joint Live Media Briefings: Google ‘Dragonfly’ opposed by rights activists and digital tech experts

Media Advisory: For Immediate Release Joint Live Media Briefings: Two briefings via Zoom webinar – Register via links below TIBETAN, UYGHUR AND CHINESE ACTIVISTS UNITE WITH DIGITAL TECH EXPERTS TO TELL GOOGLE: “RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS, DON’T DO CHINA’S DIRTY WORK” CANCEL ’PROJECT... Read More

Dragonfly: Letter to Google 22 August 2018

22 August 2018 Dear Mr Pichai, cc Larry Page, Sergey Brin We are writing to express our strong concerns about reports that Google is currently developing a search engine app that will comply fully with China’s severe and repressive censorship... Read More

Press Release 19 June 2019, Google success

Tibet campaigners laud success after Google confirms “no plans to offer a search engine in China” Announcement follows a global outcry at the company’s controversial development of ‘Project Dragonfly’ After nearly 10 months of campaigning, Tibetans and Tibet campaigners are... Read More

Google AGM | 18 June 2019 Media Advisory

RIGHTS ACTIVISTS TO STAGE MULTIPLE PROTESTS OUTSIDE GLOBAL GOOGLE OFFICES AHEAD OF THE COMPANY’S SHAREHOLDER MEETING TIBETAN, UYGHUR, CHINESE AND ETHICAL CONSUMER ACTIVISTS PRESS GOOGLE FOR CONCRETE COMMITMENTS TO ADHERE TO STRONG HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES AND PREVENT ANOTHER ‘PROJECT DRAGONFLY’... Read More

Media Advisory |13 June 2019

Alphabet Inc. AGM |Drop Google Dragonfly TIBETAN, UYGHUR AND CHINESE ACTIVISTS URGE GOOGLE: “RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS, DON’T DO CHINA’S DIRTY WORK” LIVE ONLINE BRIEFING CONCERNING GOOGLE DRAGONFLY – THE CENSORED CHINA SEARCH ENGINE – AND THE COMPANY’S COMPLICITY IN CHINA’S... Read More

Google: Where is your response to Tibetan, Uyghur and Chinese rights activists?

[London] In May 2019 a coalition of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Chinese and ethical consumer activists sent a fourth follow up letter to Google management raising strong and legitimate concerns about the companies search engine project, Dragonfly. The coalition say it “fail... Read More
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