In Brief: Google’s search engine “not-guilty” decision could offer other tech companies protection from defamation claims
The ruling from an Austrian high court deemed the company not liable for defamatory content on websites it provides links to.
The ruling from an Austrian high court deemed the company not liable for defamatory content on websites it provides links to.
Google flagged two US fathers for child abuse after the parents sent photos to their child’s pediatrician to diagnose their sons’ illnesses. This raises significant concern, since these are almost certainly not isolated cases and there was no intermediate step provided by Google to be able to check validity before misinformation was shared with authorities.
This adds to concerns raised by India’s decision to table its data privacy law initiative.
You’re probably heard about IAB CEO David Cohen’s blistering attack on privacy advocates. Here’s why he cares: 64% of advertisers told Wpromote their campaigns were less successful after Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency, which requires user permission to track their behaviors. Lots more here on alternatives to third party cookies (Google’s Topics API is leading the horse race), data clean rooms, state privacy regulations, and using CDPs for advertising.