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Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause from Its Code of Conduct

• joshuamorton 8y ago
  Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17105411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17105411 (Note I work at Google, but that doesn't really matter here.)
  • savanaly 8y ago
    I also think it was appropriate that in that thread they changed the inaccurate title to "Google de-emphasizes 'Don't Be Evil' motto in its code of conduct "
  • dang 8y ago
    Thanks. We've merged this thread into that one.
• itcmcgrath 8y ago
  Ctrl-F Evil, and it's still there. "And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!"
• jadedhacker 8y ago
  x-posted from dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17105411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17105411 I'm guessing they're not happy about the whole drone assassination debate going on internally. It's so disadvantageous that their staff can call the leadership outright hypocrites based on their own professed values. This makes everything so much easier for everyone. Information on the drone program: https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/ https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/ Google's complicity in Project Maven: https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1254719/project-maven-to-deploy-computer-algorithms-to-war-zone-by-years-end/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1254719/project... Google's Internal Debate: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-14/inside-google-a-debate-rages-should-it-sell-artificial-intelligence-to-the-military https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-14/inside-go...
  • dang 8y ago
    Please don't copy-paste comments. It makes it harder to merge the threads.