The Internet hasn't been "free and open" for a long time, and it gets less free with every day that passes.
The Internet hasn't been "free and open" for a long time, and it gets less free with every day that passes.
A free and open internet is under attack, according to Sundar Pichai, the head of Google. In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, the Google CEO said an open internet –information online being equally free and available to everybody – has been a 'tremendous force for good' that is 'taken for granted'.
While Mr Pichai did not directly refer to China, he did make the point: 'None of our major products and services are available in China.'
He also called artificial intelligence (AI) more profound than fire or electricity, and said privacy is 'foundational to everything we do'.
Pichai's firm posted whopping revenues of $55.3 billion in the first quarter of this year, but he argued against suggestions it's a 'surveillance capitalist'.
> A free and open internet is under attack, according to Sundar Pichai, the head of Google. In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, the Google CEO said an open internet –information online being equally free and available to everybody – has been a 'tremendous force for good' that is 'taken for granted'.
> While Mr Pichai did not directly refer to China, he did make the point: 'None of our major products and services are available in China.'
> He also called artificial intelligence (AI) more profound than fire or electricity, and said privacy is 'foundational to everything we do'.
> Pichai's firm posted whopping revenues of $55.3 billion in the first quarter of this year, but he argued against suggestions it's a 'surveillance capitalist'.
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