Information & Ethics committee  There are a number of factors that go into the recommendation system. It's worthwhile noting that the weighting that occurs around news and information content is different from, say, entertainment content. Initially, the recommendations were actually built more for entertainment

Information & Ethics committee  Certainly, finding means by which we can actually increase transparency and users can understand the context in which they're being served information is something that we're constantly working on. We actually produced a report—I think it was 25 pages—on how Google fights this i

Information & Ethics committee  Simply by virtue of having looked at the work that would be required—

Information & Ethics committee  The didn't give us that projection.

Information & Ethics committee  I can't give you that information because it was a “can you do it by this?”

Information & Ethics committee  I don't have the information. I can inquire.

Information & Ethics committee  You're clear.

Information & Ethics committee  I understand what you're asking. With respect to our ability to disclose it, because given the fact that it's an internal confidential engineering information—

Information & Ethics committee  I'm saying that I was not made aware of any kind of projected dates.

Information & Ethics committee  Simply put, I cannot commit to the disclosure without having internal conversations first.

Information & Ethics committee  Given the fact that as of June 30, legal obligations came into force and that [Inaudible-Editor]

Information & Ethics committee  The question was a binary one, simply “Can you do it by this date?” The answer was no. That was where we were.

Information & Ethics committee  As I said, we examined the requirements and it became clear that we simply couldn't comply within the time frame. To be clear, it has also been clear that Microsoft can't do it; Yahoo! is still undetermined, but likely also; and many others are not going to be able to complete th

Information & Ethics committee  We were advised by our engineering teams that we would not be able to meet the requirement. That is—

Information & Ethics committee  It's not a matter of being upset. It's just more the fact that there was a hard deadline and the question was a binary yes or no. The answer—