Google labels Facebook, Apple as threats to Internet freedomApril 16, 2012 - 12:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google boss Sergey Brin has listed three threats to Internet freedom: Facebook, Apple, and governments that censor their citizens, TechEYE reports. While many of them would have a similar list, which would feature Google high on the list, Brin is now claiming that Facebook, Apple and governments trying to censor their citizens are actually threats to the internet. Speaking to the Guardian, Brin said that the rise of "restrictive" walled gardens such as Facebook and Apple, were a major threat because they tightly control what software can be released on their platforms. “Facebook and Apple could stifle innovation and balkanize the web. There is a lot to be lost, because that data is not crawlable by web crawlers. You can't search it. If Facebook had existed before Google, there was no way that the search engine could exist,” he said. “Search engines require an open web, and too many rules not only close it down, but they "stifle innovation," Brin said. Google banned Facebook from accessing Gmail contact data by tweaking the terms of service for its Google Contacts Data API, so that websites which access Google Contacts had to offer access to their data too. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |