the focus isn t on any one tech company but on the broader belief, quote, that the internet is broken. frankly, a lot of people are starting to agree with that. i think what s actually fascinating, though, is to look at the arguments against the different companies. because in different ways they re each a giant piece of the internet. amazon has shopping. google has search and android. facebook has social networking. and if you look at that in my eyes the strongest case may actually be against google whereas the weakest legal case may be against facebook but they also have the biggest pr problem. i cannot think of another company where the co-founder of the company is actually calling to break up the company saying they have too much power as a facebook co-founder did last month. but you look at google and they control search, and they ve been sued successfully several times in the eu saying they ve favored their products in search over rival products. you can look at android and s
Different companies because in different ways where they re each a giant piece of the internet. amazon has shopping, google as search. facebook has social networking. in my eyes the strongest case may be against google where the weakest legal case may be against facebook, but the biggest pr problem. i can t think of any other situation where the co-founder is calling to break up the company. when you look at google, they control search and they ve been sued successfully several times in the eu saying they ve favored their products in search over rival products. you can look at android and say they favored google apps, apps consumers love like google maps and chrome but they re going to smart phone makers and saying if you want to android operating system you better bundle in our apps, a similar argument that microsoft made back in the 90s
Harvard law professor has written about they could manipulate their algorithms to significantly swing voter turnout to favor a candidate of her choice. with that sort of conduct required response from the department? i would have to think about that. i m not sure. i would like to know more about the phenomena and what laws could be implicated by it. let me ask you this the justice department s case against time warner focus on how the merged company would or could control the distribution of information to discriminate against rival content. i understand that you are recusing yourself from that matter. generally speaking, generally speaking, do you see similar concerns regarding how dominant silicon valley firms could use their market power and social media or search to discriminate against rival products or services or viewpoints? yeah. making clear that what i m
Would that sort of conduct require a response from the department? i d have to think about that. i m not sure. you know, i d like to know more about the phenomena and what laws could be implicated by it. the justice department s case focused on how the merged company would control or could control the distribution of information to discriminate against rival content. generally speaking, do you see similar concerns regarding how dominant silicon valley firms could use their market power and social media or search to discriminate against rival products or services or viewpoints? yes. making clear that what i m saying now has no application o to, you know, the transaction we just talked about, talking about the other companies, yes.
They may be tracking your health status and tracking the flu. they project when there will be a lot of sales and no one showed up in the stores. what it means if you are taking to the internet to research or complain about having flu like symptoms you can expect to see more ads coming your way for flu related products. not just on the internet. marketers were companies for things like tish susues and col remedies are tracking food outbreaks across the country. they roll out in several platforms in those areas like i said at just the right time when people are starting to feel symptoms but haven t already ro loaded up on rival products. according to the wall street journal many p cans track reports for certainties of disease control and prevention to get the weekly read on the number of people seen for doctors upper respiratory illnesses and they collect information about patient visits