Google: Doing Better?
October 10, 2017
I recall that Google was not able to pull together some salary data. I just read “Google, Facebook and Twitter Scramble to Hold Washington at Bay” and formed the opinion that Facebook and Twitter are equally challenged by data requests. The three companies are, however, able to “scramble” to use Bloomberg’s loaded word.
The write up states:
It’s a delicate balance for the companies, whose products reached massive scale because of their ability to transact advertising automatically, without much restriction. They must figure out how much responsibility to take and how much change to promise, without succumbing to costly regulation or setting a precedent that might be difficult to follow in other countries. In the context of political advertising, some lawmakers are already proposing new limits.
I also noted this passage:
Google executives expected Congress to be more receptive to its arguments that penalizing knowledge of trafficking might stop smaller internet companies from looking for it at all. They were caught off-guard by negative responses to the company’s lobbying, according to one Washington operative who works for the company.
I thought Google’s analytics capabilities could predict certain actions. Google “off-guard” suggests that more than high school math club antics may be necessary.
Stephen E Arnold, October 10, 2017
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