I had a great day in Washington, DC, taking meetings with Congressional staffers, tech platforms, and colleagues. I also had working Wi-Fi and a working newsletter provider. So thank you for your understanding these past two days, and please enjoy an early newsletter this time around.
In August, as concerns about Google’s effort to build a censored search engine for China came to the fore, I wondered whether it wouldn’t cause a crisis of morale at the company. At the time, 1,400 employees had signed an internal petition demanding more information about the project. And just this week, a (smaller) group posted on Medium urging Google to abandon the project.
