| EU continues war against Google »news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100226/tc_nf/71891
The EU ordered Google to take down images it captures for its Street View service after six months. Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth. Currently, Google holds Street View images for a year.
Some experts have suggested that Europe is more concerned about privacy than the U.S. But Enderle doesn't believe that's the case. The larger reason why the EU may be meddling in Street View retention policies is because people got scared, he said. »www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-N···nviction
Italy's Google conviction of three executives for not blocking a child-bullying video is part of a larger anti-Google wave riding across Europe. European courts and agencies are trying to slow down the expanding Google juggernaut, and are perhaps looking for ways to share or regulate some of the bounty. Google is also facing anti-trust probes into search algorithms that may favor Google ad-friendly sites. While some complaints may be legitimate, this smells more and more like economic warfare by the EU against US based companies. 1st it was Microsoft; and then Intel; and now Google. I never bought in to the image of Google as "Doing no Evil", but the EU isn't pursuing fair regulation, it is trying to give EU companies an edge over US companies thru constant harassment. |
