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Author
News
Date
January 25, 2023

Categorized
Law, Media

Tagged
Advertising, capitalism, Competition, Department of Justice, Digital media, Google, internet, Lawsuit, Monopoly, Technology}

U.S. Department of Justice Sues Google (Again)

_{The DOJ claims the tech giant is unlawfully monopolizing the digital advertising market} _{News

January 25, 2023

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Law, Media}

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Google, claiming the technology company has monopolized the digital advertising market. This marks the second federal anti-trust suit against Google. Google has led the digital advertising market for years, although companies like TikTok and Amazon are becoming more viable competitors. Despite the competition, Google still raked in $209B in advertising in 2021, per a briefing from 1440 News, and its 2022 financial report is expected to disclose similar numbers. The official complaint notes the benefit and importance of a “vibrant internet” in American life but emphasizes the centrality of economic diversity and competition. Section 4 of the complaint claims “the ad tech space is broken,” further explaining, One industry behemoth, Google, Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
January 14, 2019

Categorized
Data Privacy, Technocracy

Tagged
Ad personalization, Advertising, Anonymity, Big Data, Deanonymizing data, Featured, Privacy, Security}

Your Phone Knows Everything Now

_{And in a world where no data is anonymous, yours may be sold to the highest bidder} _{News

January 14, 2019

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Data Privacy, Technocracy}

Your location can be a useful guide to your buying habits, whether or not you want to buy anything or think anyone has any business snooping on you to find out. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
December 19, 2018

Categorized
Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
Advertising, Adwords, Algorithms, Google, Google Search, search engines}

Google Search: Its Secret of Success Revealed

_{The secret is not the Big Data pile. No, Google found a way to harness YOUR wants and needs} _{Jonathan Bartlett

December 19, 2018

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Machine Learning, Social Factors}

Google is one of the most widely misunderstood success stories of our time. Many of us equate Google with “Big Data,” that is, amassing huge quantities of data and then finding useful statistical patterns. But is that how it succeeded? In Life after Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy, George Gilder criticizes Google primarily on two fronts: First, it is a “walled garden,” a great platform, but inherently isolated and closed. That is a point worth exploring, but not the focus here. The second point, the one I want to touch on, is that Big Data’s day has come and gone. Because Google is a Big Data company, its brightest days are behind it. Read More ›