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    Google CEO says yes to privacy laws, no to political bias and maybe to China

    by Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times Dec 11, 2018 5 minutes

    Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, in his long-awaited appearance on Capitol Hill, told lawmakers Tuesday that his company's search engine had no bias against conservatives. He also said the tech giant had no current plans to introduce a censored search engine in China, but he wouldn't rule out launching a controversial search engine for that market.

    Pichai was asked to testify before the House Judiciary Committee to discuss data privacy and purported political bias in the company's search results. But over the course of 3 1/2 hours, lawmakers touched on a wide range of issues, including the danger of white supremacist videos on the company's YouTube platform as well as its reported plans to create a customized search engine for China - one intentionally biased,

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