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Google Violates its Don't Be Evil Motto

Google Violates its Don't Be Evil Motto

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Soon after Google was founded, it adopted a corporate motto: don’t be evil. Since then, it has been the dominant curator of digital information, cornered the market on private email, and made personal information publicly available in unprecedented fashion. While it provides critical social and economic services for free, it has amassed enormous power over information exchange around the world. Has Google violated its “don’t be evil” motto? 

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Overview/History
Google: Company Overview
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Google: Our Philosophy
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Google Reigns as World's Most Powerful 10-Year-Old
Monday, September 8, 2008
Michael Liedtke
Google @ 10
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Matt Hartley
Big, Friendly Giant... or Greedy Goliath?
Sunday, August 17, 2008
David Smith
The Search Party
Monday, January 14, 2008
Ken Auletta
Text of Wired's Interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Monday, April 9, 2007
Fred Vogelstein
Copyright: YouTube
Viacom Lawyer-in-Chief: Parallels between Publisher Case and Ours
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Dan Slater
Google Push to Sell Ads on YouTube Hits Snags
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Kevin J. Delaney
Court Order for Viewer Data on YouTube Stirs Privacy Concerns
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Don Clark
Copyright: Book Search
Publishers, Authors Prepare to Live Happily Ever After
Monday, November 3, 2008
Jim Milliot
Google Book Search and the U.S. Agreement with Authors and Publishers
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Media Release: Authors, Publishers and Google Reach Landmark Settlement
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Association of American Publishers October 29
Harvard Gives Google Cold Shoulder over Book Scanning
Monday, November 3, 2008
Jennifer Bosavage
Google Book Search Settlement: A Reader's Guide
Monday, August 1, 2016
Fred von Lohmann
On the Google Book Search Agreement
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Lessig Blog October 29
Google Proves Crime Does Pay - If You Have Enough Market Power
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Scott Cleland
Good and Evil in the Garden of Digitization: Google and Fair Use
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Wallace Koehler
Google's Moon Shot
Monday, February 5, 2007
Jeffrey Toobin
Google News
Tribune: Google Warned Over 'Bot'
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Michael O'Neal
At Google, Slow Growth in News Site
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Miguel Helft
Privacy
Google: Privacy Center
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Is it OK that Google Owns Us?
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Lisa Vaas
Google Says I.P. Addresses Aren't Personal
Friday, February 22, 2008
Saul Hansell
I.P. Address: Partially Personal Information
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saul Hansell
Google. Who's Looking at You?
Sunday, October 21, 2007
John Arlidge
Privacy: Cloud Computing
A Special Report on Corporate IT: Highs and Lows
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Economist October 25
Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services
Friday, September 12, 2008
John B. Horrigan
Privacy: Chrome
Questions about Google Browser Likely Foreshadow a Tenser Relationship with Privacy Advocates
Monday, November 3, 2008
Rachel Metz
If there is One Company Whose Entire Business is based on Software Services...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Computer Weekly September 30
EU Welcomes Google Move to Cut Data Retention Time
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Reuters September 11
Google to Retain IP Address Data for only Nine Months
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Chloe Albanesius
Google Redefines Web Browser
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Walter S. Mossberg
Privacy: Maps
Google is Watching You
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Lance Ulanoff
Children's Safety Group Wants City Off of Street View
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Amy McConnell Schaarsmith
Privacy: Health Records
Is Google TM Good for your Health Records?
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Patrick O'Donnell
Will Google Transform Medicine?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Scott Anderson
China/Global Network Initiative
Tech Giants Commit to Free Expression Online
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
eSource Canada Business News Network November 6
Amnesty Criticizes Global Network Initiative for Online Freedom of Speech
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Bobbie Johnson
Few in China Complain about Internet Controls
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Deborah Fallows
Google's China Problem (and China's Google Problem)
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Clive Thompson
Monopoly: Yahoo
Google: Don't Be Evil. Be Strategic
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Wall Street Journal November 5
Google Pulls Out of Yahoo Advertising Partnership
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Joelle Tessler
Stuck in Google's Doghouse
Friday, September 12, 2008
Joe Nocera
Top Lawyer is Selected as U.S. Mulls Google Suit
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
John R. Wilke
Why Regulators Shouldn't Fear a Google-Yahoo Deal
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Randall Stross
Monopoly: Double Click
Google Completes $3.1 Billion Takeover of DoubleClick after Gaining European Approval
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Michael Liedtke
Google's Ad Reach May Be Unrivaled
Friday, December 21, 2007
Catherine Rampell
White Space
FCC White Spaces Decision Kicks off the Next Wireless Revolution
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Priya Ganapati
Google Founder Lobbies FCC to Free Spectrum
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Priya Ganapati
FCC OK's Use of White Spaces to Deliver Broadband
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Joelle Tessler
Airwaves Battle Pits Dolly Parton against Google
Monday, November 3, 2008
Matt Richtel
Google's Vision for an Open Wireless World
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Marguerite Reardon
Google Big Beneficiary of Its 'Open' Lobbying
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Brian Deagon
Android
Google Introduces an iPhone Rival Open to Whims
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Miguel Helft
T-Mobile's Google Phone Heralds Android Invasion
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Edward C. Baig
Satellites
Google-Funded Satellites Promise Internet Access for All
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
J.R. Raphael
Telecoms: Satellites? Are They Nuts?
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Economist November 5
Commercial Satellites Alter Global Security
Friday, November 7, 2008
Peter Eisler
iSpy: National Security in the Era of Google Earth
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Sharon Weinberger
Every Military Base in Google Earth Mash-Up
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Noah Shachtman
Terrorist Use of Google Earth Raises Security Fears
Monday, March 12, 2007
Kelly Hearn
Sea-Based Servers
IT at Sea: Google to Launch a Computer Navy
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Mike Steere
Energy
Keyword: Evil
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Harper’s Magazine March
Google's Green Agenda Could Pay Off
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Miguel Helft
Who is Google to Lecture Us on Energy Efficiency?
Saturday, October 18, 2008
- Subscription required Dr. Michael Economides
Google.org
Face Value: Google's Guru of Giving
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Economist January 29
Google: From Don't Be Evil to How to Do Good
Friday, January 18, 2008
Kevin J. Delaney
Future Projects
Prospects and Perils of Google Ubiquity
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Joseph Schuman
Google's Wikipedia Answer
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
eWeek July 28
Google Wants to Index Your DNA, Too
Monday, April 21, 2008
Marjorie Backman
Google Funds Biotech Venture Started by Co-Founder Brin's Wife
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Elise Ackerman
Making Us Stupid?
Study: Google Does a Brain Good
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Madison Park
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Monday, August 1, 2016
Nicholas Carr
Percent of Search Market
Speaking of Competition, Google's Search Market Share Just Went Up Again in August to 63%
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Erick Schonfeld
Hitwise US – Leading Search Engines – September, 2008
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Hitwise September
Best Reputation
Google has Best Reputation in U.S., Airlines Fall: Survey
Monday, June 23, 2008
Scott Malone