‘We’re Taking A Stand’: Google Workers Protest Plans For Censored Search In China

A security guard stands in front of Google’s booth at the China International Import Expo earlier this month in Shanghai.

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Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET

Several Google employees have gone public with their opposition to the tech giant’s plans for building a search engine tailored to China’s censorship demands.

The project, code-named Dragonfly, would block certain websites and search terms determined by the Chinese government — a move that, according to a growing number of workers at Google, is tantamount to enabling “state surveillance.”