Meanwhile in Congress on Tuesday Google policy chief Karan Bhatia said Dragonfly has been "terminated." The Google press office prefers to use softer language & is still repeating the line that there's "no work being undertaken on such a project." https://t.co/hhi0s3YOAp

— Ryan Gallagher (@rj_gallagher) July 17, 2019

Yes, Google's VP of public policy said Project Dragonfly has been "terminated," the first public mention of it we know of. But he—and Google—didn't explicitly rule out working on tools for China in the future. https://t.co/DOV7GBVhsM

— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) July 16, 2019

Google has been accused of working with #China. Here’s what they’ve been doing there – @CNBC https://t.co/db5fcIZcQd

— Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv) July 17, 2019

Google has been accused of working with China. Its services are blocked there bur it still has business. The goal of it is to try and get Chinese firms to use Google services, from cloud to advertising, outside of China. Here's a rundown of Google China https://t.co/Qvs3WljXqy

— Arjun Kharpal (@ArjunKharpal) July 17, 2019

Everyone on Capitol Hill seems to have their own set of gripes with big tech companies, leaving them little political safe harbor. https://t.co/7cylJuI4xo

— Axios (@axios) July 17, 2019

Google's Project Dragonfly 'terminated' in China https://t.co/6l04xht4lJ

— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) July 17, 2019

For the first time, Google officially says that it's terminating its plan to relaunch a censored search engine in China. A thread on the winners and losers of this decision. https://t.co/W3ELPi3shS

— Isaac Stone Fish (@isaacstonefish) July 17, 2019

Why isn't Congress subpoenaing all the records from this project and the execs in charge?
https://t.co/5hLclE0Jlg

— Adam Townsend (@adamscrabble) July 17, 2019

Google does the right thing and drops plan to create a censored search engine for China. If China wants to censor via the Great Firewall, it should bear the reputational costs, not have Google cover-up for it with search results that hide the censorship. https://t.co/k1daIo4Vzx pic.twitter.com/9gNXpREMOj

— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 17, 2019

Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China
L: https://t.co/RJLRh8ioMR
C: https://t.co/8WPYiVCC3a

— HN Front Page (@hn_frontpage) July 17, 2019

Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China https://t.co/B7CE0ePjub pic.twitter.com/sP74Y1RoiR

— 420 Cyber, Inc. (@420Cyber) July 17, 2019

Good, but some of the damage already done, and your reputation will not recover easily. https://t.co/DpcKKRuQ8K

— Peter Dahlin (彼得·达林) (@Peterinexile) July 17, 2019

Dragonfly swatted https://t.co/62kj6CI7mM

— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) July 17, 2019

Ironic that as key organizer @mer__edith leaves, Google rep says Project Dragonfly is dead (dropping previous qualifier ‘for now’). We wouldn’t have got here without tech workers whistleblowing & speaking out for human rights. Thanks, @DropDragonfly & all!https://t.co/pCY66SMOod

— Anna Bacciarelli (@a_bacci) July 17, 2019

A Google VP Told The US Senate The Company Has “Terminated” The Chinese Search App #Dragonfly https://t.co/sOXjbCzrCb pic.twitter.com/yVVdJ8EDJQ

— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) July 17, 2019

Google VP Tells US Senate The Company Has “Terminated” Chinese Search App Dragonfly https://t.co/NGBrF4vuxr via @daveyalba

— mat honan (@mat) July 16, 2019

Google VP Tells US Senate The Company Has “Terminated” Chinese Search App Dragonfly https://t.co/vpIp6laiEt via @daveyalba

— Caroline O'Donovan (@ceodonovan) July 16, 2019

Google nixed Dragonfly a while back.

But, lo, @MarkWarner told @emilychangtv that Sundar Pichai assured him they are "backing out" of China partnerships beyond Dragonfly. That's new! https://t.co/QolWrvsX74

— Mark Bergen (@mhbergen) July 17, 2019

Google is starting to back off from projects in China, a U.S. senator says https://t.co/GJRAKXIhtC

— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) July 17, 2019

Google CEO @SundarPichai reportedly told US Senator @MarkWarner that the company ended some of its partnerships in China, though it's not immediately clear which ones. https://t.co/GVNKvcvbSt

— Ryan Gallagher (@rj_gallagher) July 17, 2019

Jul 16, 2019
Google’s CEO told US Sen. Mark Warner that the company has ended “some” partnerships in China ? and they are willing to work with the US government.

How about stop providing services to all Chinese telecoms ?@MarkWarner @marcorubio https://t.co/xvLK8ucjWP

— BenTallmadge (@BenKTallmadge) July 17, 2019

Google의 Project Dragonfly, 중국에서 '종료 됨' https://t.co/oXB5THHcf6
• 이 발표는 기술 억만 장자 피터 틸(Peter Thiel)이 구글이 미국 군대가 아닌 중국 군대와 협력하기로 한 결정에 대해 "보기에는 반역죄"라고 말한 지 이틀 만에 나온 것입니다.

— editoy (@editoy) July 18, 2019

This is good for the trade talks ? #China is a spy !
Google has been accused of working with China. Here's what they've been doing there - https://t.co/sYx3AgJLVw @HuXijin_GT @jimcramer @kerberos007 @KeeWei111 @Ufc26 @markets @BurnItD0wn

— Capital Private Assest (@CapitalPrivate1) July 18, 2019

Google's Project Dragonfly 'terminated' in China - BBC News https://t.co/Ohy2HGr4pw

— Gen (Ret) Rob Spalding (@robert_spalding) July 18, 2019

''Google's plan to launch a search engine in China has been "terminated", a company executive has said.''https://t.co/4Q2noHQUy1

— Tom Fowdy (@Tom_Fowdy) July 17, 2019

Google's Project Dragonfly 'terminated' in China https://t.co/EupjCSeNYI

— Giulia Pompili (@giuliapompili) July 18, 2019

The Google thinking on this was, "Well, they'll steal our tech and make their own, so we might as well make it for them and get paid."

The idea of simply not getting money out of this in favor of ethics never struck them.

They only stopped when caught.https://t.co/i9I8RIjL9P

— The Nash is coming from inside the house (@Nash076) July 18, 2019

Google's been taking communication lessons from Carrie Lam, apparently. https://t.co/AzO60aHkJT

— Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade) July 18, 2019

#CyberDigest | Google is Starting to Back Off From China, a U.S. Senator Says @mhbergen | https://t.co/HseGGUWoaQ

— ASPI Cyber Policy (@ASPI_ICPC) July 18, 2019

Google is starting to back off from projects in China, a U.S. senator says https://t.co/CL3cjvTeyA

— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) July 17, 2019