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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
40 states settle Google location-tracking charges for $392 million
The settlement is a historic win for consumers, and the largest multistate settlement in U.S. history dealing with privacy.
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PublishedJune 8, 2022
Our View: Big tech spending big to fight needed change
Companies like Amazon want us to think that their market dominance is good for us. It's not.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2022
Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda
After the European Union's president called for a ban on Russian state media, a wave of tech companies blocked the channels from their platforms.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2021
Google cracks down on climate change denial by targeting ads
The company says the new policy will also apply to YouTube, which last week announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Google workers form new labor union, a tech industry rarity
Members are pushing for change without traditional collective bargaining rights.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
Senators give social media CEOs an earful – and warn of new limits
The chief executives of Twitter, Facebook and Google promise to take needed measures as Republicans accuse them of anti-conservative bias and Democrats criticize hate speech and misinformation.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2020
Justice Department files landmark antitrust case against Google
The lawsuit marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2020
Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content
The Australian government plans to give Google and Facebook three months to negotiate with Australian media businesses fair pay for news content.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2020
House panel grills Big Tech CEOs over antitrust concerns
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple face questions about their business practices and market dominance.
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PublishedJune 10, 2020
EU wants tech giants to do more to counter fake coronavirus news
A senior European Union official is demanding that tech firms like Google and Facebook provide detailed monthly reports on how they're tackling fake news linked to the coronavirus
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