Google CEO, Apologises Over Leaked Document Detailing Tactics to Counter EU Rules

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, has recently been forced to tender apologies to Europe’s industry chief Thierry Breton over leaked documents that proposed tactics to counter the EU’s tough new rules on internet companies.
The documents showed that Google was proposing actions that would counter the strict EU rules on internet companies and even lobbying against the commissioner of the EU.

The apology was tendered, during a video conferencing call between Breton and Pichai. The call, which was initiated by Google and had been scheduled before the leak, saw Breton bring up the document and show it to Pichai, inducing an apology.
The document revealed a 60-day strategy to attack the European Union’s push for the new rules by getting US allies to push back against Breton.
In an online meeting on Friday, Breton told the Anglo-American Press Association “I was not surprised. I’m not naive. I thought it was a bit old fashioned…”
“In any case, yes I had a discussion with Sundar… I told him what I had to tell him….he apologized. I told him, If you need to tell me something, my door will always be open,” he said.

The video-conference was the third they had had in 2020 and was to share views and opinions.

Breton told Thierry Breton that he would increase the EU’s power to curb partisan behavior so that the Internet does not solely benefit a handful of companies but also Europe’s small- and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs.