Google, Inc.
Alan Davidson, Director of Public Policy
Google, the Internet search engine company, has operated a subsidiary, Google.cn, in China since 2006. On March 23, 2010, Google rerouted its China-based searches to servers in Hong Kong. Alan Davidson has served as Director of Public Policy for Google since 2005. The following is excerpted from his testimony during the March 24, 2010, Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing on Google and Internet Control in China: A Nexus Between Human Rights and Trade? The number of governments that routinely censor the Internet has grown from a handful in 2002 to more than 40 countries today. Even in countries that are…
