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> follow the law It's kind of depressing that companies feel they need to put this in their code of conduct.
by eridius 11y ago
> follow the law
It's kind of depressing that companies feel they need to put this in their code of conduct.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoSeems like they're starting off with this new statement on a sour note since half the major governments in the world are investigating them right now for violating antitrust law.
- jameshart 11y agoFollow which law? The EU law about preventing access to private data? The US law about permitting government agency access to data? The Chinese law about preventing access to certain opinions?
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoWell, if Google purports to uphold the law, all of the above. It has to operate legally in every country it wants to do business. In this case, I was speaking of antitrust though, where Google has used contracts that cross the line to exert control over the industry.
- etiam 11y ago“should do the right thing – follow the law, act honorably, and treat each other with respect.” I actually hope the latter part is to be seen as examples of the spirit of the first part rather than a definition. Where a company of grand designs and power, like Alphabet, is concerned there may easily come times when a the version needed would read more like “follow the law, unless the law codifies immoral action”
- mtgx 11y agoI read it as "follow the local government's law, regardless of what that law says or what it enables the governments to do against their citizens - so we can thrive in China, Russia, India, etc".