I personally suspect the ethics board exists for more prosaic reasons. Think “don’t bias the results of people’s medical advice searches to favor the products of pharmaceutical companies that pay you money” rather than “don’t eat the world”.
EDIT: just saw other posts including quotes from the head people of the place that got bought. I still think that this is the sort of actual issues they will deal with, as opposed to the theoretical justifications.
I personally suspect the ethics board exists for more prosaic reasons. Think “don’t bias the results of people’s medical advice searches to favor the products of pharmaceutical companies that pay you money” rather than “don’t eat the world”.
EDIT: just saw other posts including quotes from the head people of the place that got bought. I still think that this is the sort of actual issues they will deal with, as opposed to the theoretical justifications.