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The move, but also did not hold them in contempt. tonight a who is watching you report. on google s new privacy rules, the company is getting a lot of push back. katherine is here to tell us about it. good evening. good evening. the european union is asking google to delay the roll out of its privacy policy scheduled for march 1 until the e.u. has verified it does not violate europe s data protection laws. this is gaining traction on capitol hill where lawmakers met behind closed doors on thursday with google executives about its controversial plan to cross reference data from consumers. quote, it was obvious to me as i left the room congresswoman mary bono mac said this company has established this policy so instead of the consumer being the master of the internet, google is the master of the consumer. i think that is just wrong. as one example, when you sign into g mail, web users are asked ....
Those searches spiked 350% this week. and speaking of movies, this weekend marks the opening of the sundance film festival. searches are up 7,000% for the indy movie fest in park city, utah. and there s a lot of buzz right now about actress emma roberts, who will be sharing the spotlight with andy samberg and elijah wood in the movie celeste and jesse forever. and budding filmmakers are interested in just what it takes to get a movie screened at the event founded by robert redford. queries for how to get a film into sundance are up 600%. and you don t have to be in park city to soak up some of the excitement. you can check out the short film category exclusively at screen.yahoo.com. the clash between hollywood and the internet took center stage this week as major websites took a stand against anti-piracy legislation working its way through congress. web users discovered many of their favorite destinations dark on wednesday, including wikipedia. and they wanted to know why. searches f ....
Call this toll-free number now. welcome back, everybody. time, now, for our weekly look at the trends getting the most attention on the yahoo! search engine. not surprisingly, mother nature, some well-known celebs and the start of another school year are all among them. yahoo! web life editor, heather cavett has the details. good morning, heather. good morning, guys. natural disasters rank high this week in the minds of web users, with multiple earthquakes rattling parts of the u.s. plus hurricane irene on the horizon. after the earthquake hit the east coast on tuesday, searches for earthquakes shot up nearly 10,000% on yahoo! this week. and with colorado and the bay ....
Call this toll-free number now. welcome back, everybody. time, now, for our weekly look at the trends getting the most attention on the yahoo! search engine. not surprisingly, mother nature, some well-known celebs and the start of another school year are all among them. yahoo! web life editor, heather cavett has the details. good morning, heatheher. good morning, guys. natural disasters rank high this week in the minds of web users, with multiple hurricanes rattle parts of the west. after the earthquake hit the east coast on tuesday, searches for earthquakes shot up nearly 10,000% on yahoo! this week. and with colorado and the bay ....
reporter: could be, but this may not be the road that we re really going down at this point. you know, we turn to cnn.com unscientific straw poll that was done actually in 2009. it really shows that web users are really skeptical about paying for content. now, don t tell this to rupert murdoch who just launched the daily on the ipad last week. he, of course, charges access to wall street journal and financial times, but the fact of the matter is it doesn t go for every publication out there. you can t necessarily put the toothpaste back into the tube. critics say to pay for content, that kind of business model, is really hard to get used to, for many of us, right, brooke? absolutely, absolutely. hard to go when you re used to having something be free, being charged for it but at the same time you can understand why they want their money. people aren t buying newspapers like they used to. reporter: that s what advertisers are for. did you see the super cute kid, so adorabl ....