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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

The company will have to form a board-level committee devoted to overseeing the company's regulatory compliance and antitrust risk, a rarity for US firms. This group will report directly to CEO Sundar Pichai. There will also be reforms at other levels of the company that allow employees to identify potential legal pitfalls before they affect the company. Google has also agreed to preserve communications. Google's propensity to use auto-deleting chats drew condemnation from several judges overseeing its antitrust cases.

I guess that’s good. But it feels like slapping a bandaid on an amputated leg. Like in the grand scheme of things it won’t change anything to do with the most evil stuff google does (surveillance capitalism).

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yeah it seems to merely be a business decision, less about a conscience and more about avoiding losing more anti-trust suits.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

The only point of this is to appear to have done something about it and creating scapegoats for when this continues to happen.

And if these commitees ever get in the way of profits, then they, and their families, will be crushed mercilessly in a hidden way that not even them will understand how or why, let alone be able to prove anything.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago

so in other words, 500m will be spent on whitewashing google's reputation.

[–] megopie@beehaw.org 5 points 5 days ago

This group will report directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.

Don’t worry, the hen house guard force will report directly to the fox.