Data privacy: Google’s do-good arm tries to make up for everything else

Google Vice President Jacqueline Fuller says the company is having a lot of conversations internally amid worries about the tech giant’s bottomless appetite for consumer data and how it uses its algorithms.

Fuller wouldn’t comment on specific data privacy controversies dogging Google lately, but says she shares other concerns many have about Big Tech: Cyberbullying. Hate speech amplified online. The impact of artificial intelligence on everything, from jobs to warfare.

As a consumer myself, as part of the general public, as a mother, it’s very important to understand … what am I seeing, what are my children seeing, she said in an interview with The Associated Press in Paris, where she announced new grant winners Tuesday for projects aimed at teaching digital skills to poor, immigrant, rural or elderly users.