It is Google's, and the government, responsibility. Why not both? Google contracts a company. Company does shady things. Google should play detective, should m

It is Google's, and the government, responsibility. Why not both? Google contracts a company. Company does shady things. Google should play detective, should make sure its suppliers well behave. Google employees should demand their employer is doing this, consumers should too. Why can't they? And Google is free to ignore, but then face the consequences - which will be practically none in this case or like any other case from any other company in any other market involving contractors. Nestlé hires companies using slaves, Apple hires Foxconn who drives people to suicide, Zara hires Thai companies using child labour. The important point here is that it's ok to at least calibrate our expectations: I do expect Google is at least considering, if this is true, to talk with HCL and say "dudes this is bad PR, get your shit together or we're gonna talk about $". Things aren't either nil responsibility or maximum responsibility, different actors play different roles with different levels - sure, enforcing the law is government's responsibility, but Google can have its own share and we can call it responsibility too.