Let’s recap some of Google’s woes over the past few weeks: • Google’s long-time privacy chief and director of competition law are leaving. • A third of its team that managed law enforcement requests was let go. • Its shrinking trust and safety team are working overdrive to contain the disastrous launch of AI Overviews. • 404 Media revealed thousands of internal Google privacy incidents. • A major leak divulged over 14,000 of Google’s secret search ranking attributes surfaced. This all ads up to one thing, Director of Intelligence Arielle Garcia says: We’re watching a company break down in real time. Employees donʼt speak out until they’ve tried everything else. Until they’ve been ignored, muzzled, and retaliated against. Until they believe that inaction is no longer an option. Until the culture has become so broken, so badly, that it has compromised the product, and they believe wholeheartedly that they’re on a sinking ship. There’s so much more to say about Google’s collapse that we can’t cover it all here. Read Arielle’s full breakdown of Google’s break down on our site or on Ricky Sutton’s Future Media newsletter, where it was originally published (and maybe subscribe while you’re there, it’s great). And if you only have two minutes, catch investigative reporter Rachel Gilmore’s TikTok on the piece! Arielle, elsewhere: 🗑 Data brokers are selling inaccurate trash. Just ask Arielle, who was identified as a Southeast Asian single mother of two (she is none of those things). 🤑Arielle popped up on The Data Diva podcast with Debbie Reynolds to talk about how broken the ad industry’s incentives are, and the problems it creates. 👁Political campaigns can now see what you watch on TV, and Arielle has some thoughts about that. 🔮Oracle Advertising is shutting down, and Arielle told The Register what's what. |
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