Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced his team will be meeting Google Search in court in May of 2024. The Republican official is seeking to declare the search engine a common carrier in order to make them subject to state regulation. Yost alleged in a press release about the case, “By manipulating search results to…
Ohio Taking Google Search to Court Over What State Attorney General Says is ‘Unfair Practice’
Australia’s Lawsuit Against Google Over Personal Data Use Dismissed
The Australian Federal Court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Australia’s competition regulator against Google LLC for allegedly misleading users about the use of their personal data. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed a lawsuit in July 2020 against Google for allegedly misleading users to obtain their consent to expand personal data…
FBI’s 4-Acre Geofence Dragnet at the US Capitol on Jan. 6 Violated Fourth Amendment, Defense Attorneys Contend
The FBI’s “alarming” use of general warrants to scoop up the private location data of the devices of thousands of people on Jan. 6, 2021, was a violation of the Fourth Amendment that enabled an illegal four-acre dragnet to generate criminal charges without probable cause, defense attorneys argue in federal court filings. In the wake…
Google Must Delete Search Result Data at Users’ Request If ‘Manifestly Inaccurate’: EU Court
Privacy advocates have scored a win against Big Tech in a “right to be forgotten” case as the European Union’s top court has ruled that Google must honor requests to delete search result data at the request of people in Europe—as long as they can prove the information is “manifestly inaccurate.” The Court of Justice…
Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft Awarded $9 Billion Cloud Deals: Pentagon
December 8, 2022
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Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle have been awarded lucrative cloud contracts valued at up to $9 billion in total, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Dec. 7. The contracts were awarded to the four tech companies to help build the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), which will replace the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) and effectively streamline…
Google Pulls Thousands of YouTube Channels ‘Linked’ to Brazil, Russia, China, Citing Influence Operations
December 5, 2022
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Google has removed thousands of YouTube channels “linked to” Brazil, Russia, and China as part of its investigation into “coordinated influence operations,” the tech giant’s Threat Analysis Group has said. In its Dec. 1 bulletin, Google said it had terminated the accounts on its platforms in the fourth quarter of this year. In total, the California-headquartered company…
Google Gave FBI Location Data for Over 5,000 Devices in Jan. 6 Probe: Filing
A recent filing (pdf) in the case of one Jan. 6 defendant revealed that Google provided the FBI with location data for 5,723 cellular devices that were determined to be near the U.S. Capitol that day. Filed on Oct. 17 on behalf of defendant David Rhine, the motion urged the court to suppress Google location…
Google, iHeartMedia Settle with FTC and 7 States Over Charges of Deceptive Ads
The Federal Trade Commission and seven states have sued Google and iHeartMedia over allegedly running nearly 29,000 endorsements for Google’s Pixel 4. Promos for the phone that aired between 2019 and 2020 featured radio personalities that praised its features, despite not even owning the product. “Google and iHeartMedia paid influencers to promote products they never…
Google, YouTube Put $13 Million Into Partnership With Network of ‘Global Fact Checkers’
November 30, 2022
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Google and YouTube on Tuesday said they’re providing $13.2 million to a global network of fact-checkers “on the front lines of the fight against misinformation.” The centerpiece of the investment is a $12 million Global Fact Check Fund to support the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which encompasses 135 fact-checking organizations from 65 countries in over…
Tax Filing Software Sent Sensitive User Information to Facebook: Report
November 24, 2022
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Popular tax filing software, such as TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block, reportedly violated financial privacy by sending sensitive personal information to Meta’s Facebook. Meta’s Pixels, Facebook’s widely used code that tracks user activity on the internet, allowed the social media giant to secretly receive personal financial information through online tax filing services, according to a joint investigative report by The…
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