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RE: Angela Merkel Asks Major Internet Companies to divulge the secrets of their algorithms: Hello Google and Bing!
Exactly the algorithm worth nothing without data. I think she doesn't want anything specific, she just doesn't know what she is talking about.
That seems to be the main thing here, data. As you have put it, without data an algorithm is nothing and seeing the codes will accomplish nothing, but the data itself is tangible and could be used for further scrutiny and surveillance! Any Governments ideal!
Thanks.
Google would prefer to leave Europe rather than giving away its data. They can close Google's business operations in EU countries (which is not much the biggest HQ is in UK) but they cannot block access to the website for european people.
We did see something like that with China, and may happen in the EU too. But the fact is the corporations are kings these days, especially the large ones, and they seem to call the shots and win in the end.
EU cannot go the censorship path the way China went. It's probably not constitutional, people won't accept it and the governments are not that powerful to enforce the rule.