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The road were written before smartphones. so we've got a new technology that can do new things. and of course, you therefore need to put in place a set of regulations that set standards that protect us. as i say, this is important about keeping you safe online, protecting privacy and also protecting freedom of expression. and there are some important trade—offs in there that governments should rightly be making. that doesn't mean to say that we haven't waited. so at google, we don't wait for regulation. we try to build products that are trustworthy, with clear products, clear policies that a...

A new privacy tool from Google will allow users to follow brands they love and opt out of sensitive ad categories.

Yves here. Finally, the officialdom is taking interest in excessive influence that Google and Facebook wield in advertising and as media players, even if the original impetus was RussiaRussia. But the whinging generally hasn’t produced much in the way of remedies. Here’s an exception. By Lynn Parramore, Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for New Economic Thinking. Originally published at the Institute for New Economic Thinking website Most people know that Google dominates the online search market, but did you know that the company has become the biggest player in the digital ad mar...