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Google has denied claims that is it is still secretly working on a\u00a0censored Chinese search engine.<\/p>\n
The Intercept reported <\/a>that several Google employees had spotted signs that development had continued on Google\u2019s cancelled plans to create search engine apps for China which would censor search results.<\/p>\n In December, Google shut down work on the project\u00a0following months of controversy<\/a>\u00a0over Google seemingly giving in to Chinese internet censorship laws and the departure of several Google employees in protest.<\/p>\n Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said that Google’s decision to create a censored search engine that would filter results in China was “absolutely chilling”.\u00a0<\/p>\n And Google employee Jack Poulson resigned from the company shortly after the existence of the project to build a censored search engine was revealed, citing his “ethical responsibility.”<\/p>\n The public outcry over the plans prompted Google to cancel the search engine’s development in December and move staff to different projects.<\/p>\n However, several Google employees told The Intercept that they believed work had continued on the project after noticing that the computer code stored inside Google for planned Chinese search apps had been updated thousands of times in January and February.<\/p>\n A Google spokesman said \u201cthis speculation is inaccurate. As we\u2019ve said for many months, we have no plans to launch Search in China and there is no work being undertaken on such a project. Team members have moved to new projects.\u201d<\/p>\n