This Week in Google 582

Section 230 Under Attack, DOJ vs Google, Zoomtopia

•  Section 230 is still under attack. Jeffrey Toobin is a perfect example of why we need it.
•  Is there any way we could improve Section 230?
•  Five Eyes and Japan want to end encryption. What other ideas do we need to fight against?
•  Oh, Quibi, we hardly knew ye!
•  Netflix is the new Hollywood
•  Prime Day was bad, but Stacey still bought an Alexa-enabled faucet.
•  23 and Me was on sale on Prime Day. Anyone find anything interesting about their family tree?
•  San Francisco passes the Caren Act against Racist 911 calls
•  Department of Justice vs Google is clearly a Repubican charade. It is weak. It will fail.
•  In a perfect world, how would we break up Google?
•  The Google Changelog: hum to Google Assistant | Google kills Trusted Contact and Nest Secure | Google Discover Heart | Chrome OS screen recorder | Parallels adds Windows apps on Chromebooks | Alphabet crop-watching robot | Google Chat goes free | Google Assistant might get G Suite | Portrait Light coming to all Pixel Phones | Google tells you where to vote | Free Stadia games
•  AOC on Twitch Playing Among Us
•  Biden Island in Animal Crossing
•  Zoomtopia brings end to end encryption and more
•  There are many wonderful alternatives to Zoom
•  How Zoom will define the new office
•  Jeff Jarvis' Sanitized Office
•  All the upcoming conferences will be virtual
•  Zoom towns growing across the country and the world - where would you move?

Picks of the Week

•  Leo's Tool: Hank Laporte's Drone Instagram
• Leo's Tool 2: TSA checkpoint travel numbers for 2020 and 2019
•  Stacey's Thing: Amazon Dot: We don't love the sound or the buttons
•  Stacey's Thing 2: June Oven V3
•  Jeff's Number: 1.3b parcels shipped last year
• Mike's Stuff: Mover Erase - Mini Whiteboard on the Palm

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Links

• Justice Department Files Long-Awaited Antitrust Suit Against Google - WSJ
• Justice Department sues monopolist Google for violating antitrust laws
• A deeply flawed lawsuit that would do nothing to help consumers
• Bill Barr's Google 'Antitrust Inquiry' Is A Weaponized Farce | Techdirt
• “Google harshly stopping carrier bloatware should be illegal”
• Amazon says third-party sellers made more than $3.5B from Prime Day
• Blatant Hypocrite Ajit Pai Decides To Move Forward With Bogus, Unconstitutional Rulemaking On Section 230 | Techdirt
• Jeffrey Toobin's Zoom Dick Incident Is The Perfect Example Of Why We Need Section 230
• Hilarious Blaire Erskine parody thereof
• On the other hand: second-graders alone on Zoom
• Quibi Is Shutting Down as Problems Mount
• Quibi folding causes handwringing at broadcast partners
• All-new Echo Dot (4th Gen) | Smart speaker with clock and Alexa | Glacier White (affiliate)