Commentary You wouldn’t think Justin Trudeau’s government and Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch would be caught dead dancing to the same tune, but if this week’s hearings on Canada’s latest media rescue plan was anything to go by, the two are twirling up a storm. According to advocates for Canada’s Online News Act (Bill C-18),…
Peter Menzies: You Can’t Build a Viable Media Culture on Bailouts and Political Favours
Social Media Censorship of Speech May Head to Supreme Court
September 19, 2022
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Commentary A New Orleans federal appellate court for the Fifth Circuit has reversed and remanded a lower court decision that held that a Texas law, House Bill 20, (HB20) was unconstitutional. The law bans social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring speech based on the user’s viewpoint, the viewpoint of another user, or the…
Design Software Giant Canva to Compete With Google, Microsoft Over New Worksuite Tool
Canva has released a range of new products that will see the Australian software design powerhouse attempt to rival Google and Microsoft. Co-founders Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams on Wednesday unveiled Canva’s new Visual Worksuite, which will elevate Canva from a graphic design tool into an end-to-end visual communication platform. Obercht told audiences…
Google Loses Challenge Against EU Antitrust Decision, Other Probes Loom
September 14, 2022
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LUXEMBOURG—Google suffered one of its biggest setbacks on Wednesday when a top European court upheld a ruling that it broke competition rules and fined it a record 4.1 billion euros, in a move that may encourage other regulators to ratchet up pressure on the U.S. giant. The unit of U.S. tech giant Alphabet had challenged…
Commerce Department Signs Deal With Google to Develop Chips for Researchers
WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department said it reached a cooperative research and development agreement with Alphabet Inc.’s Google to produce chips that researchers can use to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices. The deal was signed between the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Google. The chips will be manufactured by semiconductor company…
Google, Meta Fined for Collecting Personal Data Illegally in South Korea
The South Korean government on Wednesday fined Google and Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, billions of won for allegedly collecting personal data without users’ consent. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) fined Google ₩69.2 billion ($50 million) and Meta ₩30.8 billion ($22 million), the highest amount ever levied for alleged data privacy violations…
US Should Put Aside Differences With Big Tech to Take on Beijing: Senator
September 14, 2022
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The U.S. government needs to bury the hatchet with Big Tech and harvest the innovation of firms like Google, Apple, and Facebook so that the West can better compete with Beijing’s rapid technological advancements, according to a visiting Australian senator. Senator James Paterson, of the centre-right Liberal Party and now-shadow minister for foreign interference, said…
Google Faces $25.4 Billion Damages Claims in UK, Dutch Courts Over Adtech Practices
BRUSSELS—Alphabet unit Google will face damages claims for up to 25 billion euros ($25.4 billion) over its digital advertising practices in two suits to be filed in British and Dutch courts in the coming weeks by a law firm on behalf of publishers. Google’s adtech has recently drawn scrutiny from antitrust regulators following complaints from…
Google, Apple Facing Anti-Competitive Complaint in Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Apple and Alphabet’s Google are facing a probe over anti-competitive practices in Mexico after the country’s former telecommunications chief filed a complaint, he said in a statement on Twitter on Friday. The complaint was brought to Mexico’s telecommunications regulator IFT yesterday by Mony de Swaan Addati, who once headed the former telecommunications federation that…
Is Google’s AI Chatbot Really Sentient? Sundar Pichai Says ‘The Truth Is …’
Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai touched upon Artificial Intelligence (AI) acquiring sentience in an interview at Vox Media’s Code Conference Tuesday. What Happened Pichai discussed the case of a Google employee who was fired for claiming that the company’s AI chatbot was sentient, reported The Verge. The Google CEO repeated the company’s position that the bot was not sentient and said,…
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