https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/06/does-the-packingham-ruling-presage-greater-government-control-over-search-results-or-less-guest-blog-post.htm Sat, 01 Jul 2017 19:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/06/does-the-packingham-ruling-presage-greater-government-control-over-search-results-or-less-guest-blog-post.htm#comment-1877 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 19:02:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=17333#comment-1877 The underlying conflict has always been Google’s insistence on one hand that it is a neutral party and on the other that its output is editorial free speech which the government can’t compel. This stance is woefully inconsistent with the way our culture has traditionally done business. From sport’s umpires to judges the price of being perceived as neutral is public silence. Google doesn’t want to pay that price because profit margins but over the long-term it is not a sustainable position.

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