Antitrust
Alive to New Threats, Google Reorganizes its Public Policy Shop
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Google is beginning to enter into hunker-down mode. The company is finally alive to the grave new threats that it faces. They are two-pronged: More-intensive antitrust scrutiny, and regulation of privacy/AI/Section 230 free speech. As Drew Clark wrote about for a CATO Institute policy late last year, "Seeking Intervention Backfired on Silicon Valley." You can almost trace the fall of Google to the day that it joined in pushing for sweeping net neutrality regulation.
Scoop: Google exec reorganizes policy shop as global threats loom, from Axios
Google’s top policy executive is reorganizing the company's worldwide influence operation, according to an internal email obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: The long-rumored shake-up comes as the search giant faces newly hostile regulators around the world.
Source: Scoop: Google exec reorganizes policy shop as global threats loom - Axios
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