Google CEO talks Huawei, regulations and company size

Sundar Pichai supports clear and consistent rules for protecting data

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says data regulation needs to balance between protecting personal information and allowing for innovation. (Photo courtesy of Google)

TOYOKI NAKANISHI, Nikkei staff writer

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Despite its commanding presence as a technology titan, Google faces no shortage of challenges. U.S. President Donald Trump has openly questioned its work with China. There are growing calls to better protect the massive amount of personal user data Google handles, and authorities in the U.S. have launched an antitrust investigation into some of its activities.

"We are not building a search project for China. I think we have been very clear on that for a while now," CEO Sundar Pichai told Nikkei in an interview. Google's previous plans to re-enter mainland China with a censored version of the Google search engine has met harsh criticism from the Trump administration and Congress.

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