Committed to comply with local laws, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai on new social media rules
The Hindu
He added that the company respects the legislative processes, and in cases where it needs to push back, it does so.
Google is committed to complying with local laws and engages constructively with governments as they scrutinise and adopt regulatory frameworks to keep pace with the fast evolving technology landscape, its CEO Sundar Pichai said on Thursday. “It’s obviously early days and our local teams are very engaged... we always respect local laws in every country we operate in and we work constructively. We have clear transparency reports, when we comply with government requests, we highlight that in our transparency reports,” Mr. Pichai said in a virtual conference with select reporters from Asia Pacific. He added that a free and open internet is “foundational”, and that India has long traditions of that.
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