Should Google Tweak the News? asks the New York Times.

Count me Horrified. Can the Times retract, even, the question?

     ”Should Google play an editorial role in presenting readers with news?” Read the rest of this entry »

Doc Searls: This has turned Google, a private company with no accountability to any constituency, into a negotiating partner of national governments whose laws or policies do not reflect or respect the ethical stance claimed in Google’s own slogan. Thus, Google now functions on a diplomatic level

Ghastly thought. Not sure I want two grad students with a big plane …

… with the ability and clout to forge country-by-country compromises affecting internet activity and the free flow of information and opinion. Read the rest of this entry »