BRUSSELS—Tough new rules targeting U.S. tech giants agreed late on Thursday are expected to come into force in October, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Friday. The rules, which Vestager proposed a year ago, are called the Digital Markets Act and set out a list of dos and don’ts for Amazon, Apple, Meta, Alphabet…
New Rules for US Tech Giants to Come Into Force in October, EU’s Vestager Says
Read How Analysts Reacted to Google’s Pact With Spotify
Alphabet Inc.’s Google decided to allow Spotify Technology SA and other app developers to offer users an alternative third-party payment option alongside Google Play’s option. KeyBanc analyst Justin Patterson saw the move as a win for digital content providers. He viewed alternative payment options as a happy compromise that calmed regulators and large developers without sacrificing Google Play…
Google to Pause Ads That Exploit or Dismiss Russia–Ukraine War
March 24, 2022
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Alphabet-owned Google will not help websites, apps and YouTube channels sell ads alongside content that it deems exploits, dismisses or condones the ongoing Russia–Ukraine conflict, the U.S. company said Wednesday. Google, whose advertising software helps publishers generate revenue, bars ads from appearing next to content that incites violence and denies tragic events. It is broadly…
Google Urges Judge Hearing US Antitrust Lawsuit to Reject Sanctions Request
WASHINGTON—Alphabet’s Google urged a judge hearing a U.S. antitrust case against it to reject the Justice Department’s request that it be sanctioned, saying it had not abused attorney-client privilege. The department had asked Judge Amit Mehta to sanction Google, saying the company’s “Communicate with Care” program was sometimes a “game” to shield communications that did…
Russian Regulator Blocks Google News Over ‘Unreliable’ Information on Ukraine Invasion
March 24, 2022
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Russia’s media regulator on Wednesday blocked Google’s news aggregator service, accusing it of providing access to materials containing “unreliable” information about the Russian-Ukraine conflict. Roskomnadzor, the communications regulator, said it had acted on a request from the office of Russia’s prosecutor general. It said access to the online resource news.google.com has been blocked. “The American online…
Aspiring Quantum Computing Firm Sandbox AQ Spun Off From Alphabet
Quantum computing aspiring firm Sandbox AQ. spun off from Alphabet Inc., procured “nine figures” of funding, and signed several clients for its cybersecurity services, Reuters reports. Sandbox’s investors include Schmidt, Breyer Capital, T. Rowe Price funds, and Salesforce.com Inc. founder Marc Benioff’s TIME Ventures. Sandbox would use cloud computing from Google Cloud and others. Sandbox AQ, backed by Google…
Android Users Can Now Instantly Delete Their Google Search History
By Emily Rella Our constant usage of social media and connectivity to our phones and the internet can make it feel like nothing we do is private anymore, especially with the constant threat of security breaches and hacks. This becomes a major concern when we’re searching for information on Google via our smartphones. Whether it’s…
DOJ Accuses Google of Training Employees to Shield Business Communications
March 22, 2022
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The Justice Department (DOJ) on Monday accused Google of training its employees to improperly use attorney-client privilege to hide documents from discovery in litigation and government investigations. In a court filing, the Justice Department asked for Google to be sanctioned for creating a “Communicate with Care” program that the department says trains staff to include…
Google, Meta Face EU, UK Probes Into Ad Bidding Agreement
March 12, 2022
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BRUSSELS—British and European regulators threatened to crack down on Google and Facebook parent Meta over an agreement for online display advertising services, saying Friday that the deal may breach rules on fair competition. The fresh scrutiny in Europe, which has pioneering efforts to rein in big technology companies, strikes at the heart of Google’s business—the…
South Korea Approves Rules on App Store Law Targeting Apple, Google
March 10, 2022
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SEOUL—South Korea approved detailed rules for a law banning dominant app store operators such as Apple Inc. and Alphabet’s Google from forcing software developers to use their payments systems, the country’s telecommunications regulator said on Tuesday. South Korea passed the law, an amendment to the Telecommunication Business Act, last year. It was the first such…
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