System providers should avoid recommendation algorithms that create “echo chambers” and induce addiction, allow manipulation of trending items, or exploit gig workers’ rights, the notice said.

They should also crack down on unfair pricing and discounts targeting different demographics, ensure “healthy content” for elderly and children, and impose a robust “algorithm review mechanism and data security management system”.

Why not both?

Being able to look for "Linux meme" and get these results is spectacular:

You're funny.

The thing is even if that happened, I'm still not sure whether Trudeau or Jagmeet would be able to beat him.

Perhaps the executive class is paying Trudeau, or is promising post-political private sector positions.

I think these folks should do what the CUPE workers did in Ontario in the face of back-to-work legislation in 2023 - ignore it and go on strike. Perhaps they're waiting for the lawsuit to resolve whether the gov't has the power to do what it does first. If they keep complying with the gov't actions long term, the unions will lose more of their power.

I'm sorry what? Is he using the distinction between donating to a PAC and a candidate as cover? 🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

This is how you get Christians to lobby for no religion in schools.

Now if there's an imam to step forward, we could really accelerate this process.

“Despite the company’s stellar performance and record earnings, many Googlers have not received meaningful compensation increases” a top-rated employee question read. “When will employee compensation fairly reflect the company’s success and is there a conscious decision to keep wages lower due to a cooling employment market?”

With this leadership, when you unionize. It's literally what they're for.

It's an extreme example that perfectly illustrates how profit is extracted from employees by the employers. He didn't have any leverage to get a larger share of the profit from his labor, as is the case with most employees. You could call it toxic behavior, and it is, but it's the expected behavior, the behavior incentivised by the system.

Pot, meet kettle.

To add to this, at least Android being open source allows for alternative versions that can be used on some hardware that truly don't track and can be consistently supported long term. With Apple's devices, that's not a practical option.

Edit:

From the news today:

Google’s relationship with Apple is particularly significant given its unilateral access to iPhone customers. Internal Google notes of a meeting between Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook released Monday by the DOJ give an interesting insight into that relationship. The meeting, which began as a discussion of the regulatory environment in D.C. eventually turned toward the question of Google’s place as the default search engine on Apple products.

Cook, according to the notes, told Pichai he believes the two companies were “deep partners; deeply connected where our services end and yours begin.” In another note from the meeting, Pichai reportedly said, “Our vision is that we work as if we are one company.” Pichai tried to distance himself from that line during this testimony on Monday.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!