I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left

Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Wh... by kortilla on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:25PM (#22012695)

I’m not sure the hiring really changed so much as a the supply of people.

Google hires heavily from universities and the popularity of free speech amongst university students has been down over the last decade. The title 9 inquisitions and general climate has completely changed the tone to the point that many adults exiting college don’t really have any problem with suppression of “harmful speech”.

The same applies to their employees abroad, most of which also view “freedom of speech” as a strange American obsession rather than a right worth trying to impose on the Chinese.

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Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Wh... by kccqzy on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:52PM (#22012975)

Perhaps a better way to express this is to say there are far more Chinese students in American universities than just ten years ago. Statistics that show this are abundant. Since Google likes to hire people straight out of college, we now see a higher proportion of these Chinese students, who are apolitical or in fact support the Chinese government.

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