Leonardo’s views on European Parliament’s “Google’s vote”
It is hard to legislate when the matter at hand is constantly changing. This is the case of the recent recommendation of the European Parliament (EP) to introduce regulation of internet search and break up Google. It is not the first time public authorities break up companies: they did it in 1911 with Standard Oil Co. Inc. But that decision was more than a century ago and was about a company that was controlling too many “atoms” (actually molecules) that…
