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Larry Page “dreams of a place with no privacy laws”, Axel Springer CEO claims in open letter to Google

on Apr 19, 2014 | 0 comments

By Ishbel Macleod

The only thing with the same spread and reach as technology companies such as Google is ‘biological viruses’, Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Dopfner has said in an open letter to the search giant.

Published in German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the letter is in response to a column by Google chairman Eric Schmidt, which said that media company Axel Springer had signed a muti-year deal with Google.

Dopfner suggested that the company had no choice but to work with Google, stating “we know no search engine alternative to increase our online reach”.

He went on to discuss a dispute which has Read full story ›

Source: The Drum