That is true. A lot of the search costs for finding things have been obliterated. It used to be you could find a criminal record in the basement of city hall. The internet has obliterated that. People are concerned about the impact. What concerns me about the right to be forgotten is it has not been balanced with some of the other competing values such as the values of Free Expression and the benefit of the consumers right to know about things like whether a vendor has had bad reviews against them or a babysitter has had criminal offenses. These are things that people could request to be removed from search results and i think thats very anticonsumerist. Is this a shift in thinking with google from a stance that used to say we index the internet. If you have a problem with that, please consult the internet. To a stance that says, there are a lot of tricky things that need to be balanced and may have quibbles with a privately activated process where a person comes to google and maybe a
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As the far end of the pendulum it allows everybody to start from a position of we are going to work to keep openness as the basic principle and work act back from there with the exceptions. It sounds like you are saying, congress, keep up the good work. Just to put you on the record. Thanks so much for your enlightened legislation in the internet area. A senator from nebraska ended up being a visionary that he never expected to be. [laughter] you can layer on acceptable use policies, things that in the companys judgment like auctions that are prohibited. Sure. That has been from day one also. That was part of the protection of section 230 and 512 that provided for the ability for companies to exercise judgment and to get rid of things they believe are in the consumers interest. When theres been a conflict and commerce. Fake rolex watches, fake wetsuits watches being sold on ebay, is that settled now . I would say that the great copyright and trademark wars over the internet are not set
Masters all weekend . Erik i didnt, actually. Stephanie you should have. Erik i watch some. Amazing performance by mr. Spieth. Tying a record set by tiger woods. We are going to start you off with the top business stories of the day. An activist investor is targeting qualcomm. Asking qualcomm to think about spinning off its chipmaking unit. Shares of qualcomm are down 11 over the past year. Here is where they are today. Breathing a little life into qualcomm, but not enough to recoup all of the losses. Meantime, in china, exports unexpectedly fell by the most in more than a year. That adds to concern over chinas growth. Next stop, iowa. That is where Hillary Clinton is headed as she begins her Second Campaign for the white house. She ended the suspense over whether she would try to become the first female president. She used a video to announce her candidacy. I am running for president. Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times. The deck is still stacked in favor of
Wealth going to those at the very top, not just the top 1 , but the top. 1 or the top. 01 of the population, has risen sharply over the last generation. Some are calling it a throwback to the gilded age of the robber barons. Now as secretary of state, i saw all the way extreme inequality has corrupted other societies, hobbled growth, and left entire generations alienated and unmoored. From guatemala to greece to pakistan, i urge them to pay their fair share, to provide services that would be the base on which more of their fellow countrymen and women could climb out of poverty. I addressed governments to address their people and include positive visions for the future. In the middle east and north africa, we saw the explosive results when opportunity and potential are denied for too long. But one could ask him what does that mean for us . We are not like them . Imagine a young single mother trying to raise a family today. After all, there are some 10 million single moms working hard to