Google Shelves Dragonfly: What’s Next?

Google (GOOGL) has shelved its plans to build a search engine specifically for China, according to The Intercept. The initiative, known internally as “Dragonfly,” caused internal tension at Google and hundreds of employees publicly protested the company developing a search engine that China’s government could use to censor information online. With the Dragonfly project now on hold, teams that worked on it have been told to shift their focus from China to projects related to India, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia, and other countries, according to The Intercept.