10 Quotes From the Google Senate Hearing
Senators in the subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights grilled the former Google CEO about how much Google favors its own services in search results, how its algorithms affect small business and its role and clout in mobile search.
Schmidt was in rare form — no embarrassing gaffes about privacy or how the Senate should use Google search, but there were still some choice quotes from the hearing. Senators Mike Lee from Utah, Al Franken from Minnesota and Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut were full of their own soundbites.
“We regret what happened and it was a mistake.”
- Eric Schmidt on the illegal pharmacy search results
“I recently Googled myself on Google.”
- Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
“We have to represent the web how it is and not how we wish it to be.”
- Eric Schmidt on pirated content in search results
“I love Google.”
- Al Franken, D-Minn.
“If you don’t know, who does?”
- Al Franken questioning Schmidt about Google’s knowledge of its own favoritism in its search algorithm
“And ultimately, we bought a company called Zagat to do something similar.”
- Eric Schmidt on Yelp
“Some of my fears have been confirmed by our conversation.”
- Mike Lee, R-Utah
“I would estimate that two-thirds of Android phones come with Google services pre-loaded.”
- Eric Schmidt on Android phones that ship with Google apps
“You run the racetrack, own the racetrack, you didn’t have horses for a while but now you do and your horses seem to be winning.”
- Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., comparing Google to a horse race
“Google might be doping the horses.”
- Al Franken, extending the metaphor
Source: Mashable
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