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Google is still a new phenomena, and we are still trying to come to terms with it as a society. It's the first global monopoly, and it's on information. Holy

Google is still a new phenomena, and we are still trying to come to terms with it as a society. It's the first global monopoly, and it's on information. Holy cow, that's just strange. I applaud the EU for at least attempting to grapple with the potential existential threat that Google represents, rather than rolling over and pretending nothing is wrong as the US does; or censoring, as China does. Even though I think the specific solution is probably unhelpful, it's much better than pretending that everything is as it should be, and crowing when newspapers get their "comeuppance" when Google punishes them by reducing their traffic.

buboard 7y ago
The US is not pretending; there is actually nothing wrong because googld is a US business. EU is following china here, building a covert great firewall in an attempt to resurrect local market. A little too late though
- rendall 7y ago
  You didn't address the main point. So to expand on it, Google is effectively an information monopoly, which means that it uses its market dominance to restrict competition. Moreover, it also uses its position to influence the web and public opinion itself in ways for which there is no precedent. The US is not addressing this last aspect in any respect. Not sure what Google being an American company has to do with that.