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Don't be evil.

"Do no evil" is a functionally impossible standard. Subtle difference but it matters.

As an executive of a company, I can think of no reason to remove that as a value unless of course (checks notes) you are condoning and encouraging evil.

It wasn't removed. Common misconception; it got moved.

https://abc.xyz/investor/board-and-governance/google-code-of...

Search the page for the phrase.

Ok, it was moved to some place almost nobody sees it. Tbh I'm happy with that, cause it was a bad slogan. Anyone outside a very tight Google bubble saw it as something an evil company would obviously say.

"We're not evil" - Larry Pagerank and Tim Apple

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