Google 's co - founder Sergey Brin cited a wide range of attacks on ` ` the open Internet '' Apple , Facebook and China are part of the list , Brin said . But Google has been compelled to turn over user rights to the Chinese government . Still , there 's a profound audacity in Brin bundling Internet censorship in regimes like China , Saudi Arabia and Iran , which restrict user access to the web , with Facebook and Apple 's platforms , which restrict Google 's . Brin : SOPA and censorship would have restricted user access to the Web .
Google 's co - founder Sergey Brin cited a wide range of attacks on ` ` the open Internet '' Apple , Facebook and China are part of the list , Brin said . But Google has been compelled to turn over user rights to the Chinese government . Brin : SOPA and censorship would have restricted user access to the Web .