Google boss Sundar Pichai warns of threats to free and open internet - BBC News

The free and open internet is under attack in countries around the world, Google boss Sundar Pichai has warned.

He says many countries are restricting the flow of information, and the model is often taken for granted.

In an in-depth interview with the BBC, Pichai also addresses controversies around tax, privacy and data.

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[ConnoisseurOfExistence]

Where exactly did he warn about threats to free internet? Because I didn't hear anything like that...

[neail]

I thought my headphones are broken, it's only one channel sound 😆

[techvdoo]

Sundar Pichai looks like a fresher being interviewed by the Google boss which the interviewer thinks he is.

[pauljansen]

As if Google itself doesn't filter the "Free and Open" internet....

[SetuBaru]

next up Kim Jong Un warns of a threat to freedom of speech and democracy.

[quattrobajeena]

Meanwhile, Google's ad algorithm is getting more aggressive and intrusive. Especially in YouTube.

[johnydas]

Interviewer is over confident and not matured: empty vessels make much noise.

[ndvilow]

Zuckerberg everyday shows us how internet is free.

[mohit_soni__]

Best line- Basically I am citizen of America but India in my ❤️ heart ❤️

[johnpride]

The guy who has the power to spy on EVERYONE

[xavierjuhala]

Why is the BBC giving the head of Google a chance to talk about this when they’re the actual threat to a free and fair internet??

[artconsciousness]

This is an impressive guy. There could be worse people in charge of the world's most powerful corporation.

[Kncperseus]

Imagine Voldemort giving an interview warning about the risk of Dark Arts.

[fredo]

Lol, Google is the threat to "free and open" internet.

[ViIgax]

Oh the hypocrisy. Does he not know that he’s a CEO of a company that censors “the free and open internet”?? Youtube is a censored cesspool FFS.

[sngs]

This interviewer better has same attitude when he gets an opportunity to interview with Bezos, Gates etc. The interviewer should show humility and humbleness....

[Styxhexenhammer]

HAHAHA what the hell layer of irony are we on?

[BJPZINDABAD]

AI could be best friend or worst nightmare of human race. May his quantum computer be helpful.and dose not become a hypothetical devil.

[MrTooEarnestOnline]

“Threat to a free and fair internet joins us to talk about what could possibly be a threat to a free and fair internet”

[caseclosed]

Talking to one of the oligarchs about “freedom”…