Google Queried by Lawmakers on Blocking China-Linked Ads, Scams

House China Select Committee writes Google CEO Sundar Pichai for information about the company’s efforts to block “malicious” ads and scams linked to China, the panel says in a statement.

• The letter praised Google’s use of AI “to filter scam text messages and address the proliferation of malicious online advertisements and browser-based scams orchestrated by bad actors linked to the Chinese Communist Party,” statement says
• Letter sent by GOP Chair John Moolenaar and Democratic Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi
• The panel requests information on technologies Google uses to block such ads and scams, among other details

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