BERLIN—Google said on Tuesday that it was taking legal action over an expanded version of Germany’s hate-speech law that recently took effect, saying its provisions violated the right to privacy of its users. The Alphabet unit, which runs video-sharing site YouTube, filed suit at the administrative court in Cologne to challenge a provision that allows…
Tech Giants to Use Govt Intel List to Police Content, Includes Far-Right Terrorist Groups: Report
A private counterterrorism group formed by the world’s biggest tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, will use lists produced by government intelligence agencies to police content by far-right extremist terrorist organizations, it said in a report. The database maintained by the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) has, until recently, focused on videos…
Tech Giants to Use Govt Intel List to Police Content to Target White Supremacists: Report
A private counterterrorism group formed by the world’s biggest tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, will use lists produced by government intelligence agencies to police content by white supremacists, militias and other extremist groups, according to Reuters. The database maintained by the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) has, until recently, focused on…
Tech Giants to Use Government Intel List to Police Content to Target White Supremacists: Report
A private counterterrorism group formed by the world’s biggest tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, will use lists produced by government intelligence agencies to police content by white supremacists, militias and other extremist groups, according to Reuters. The database maintained by the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) has, until recently, focused on…
How to Challenge Big Tech Censorship–Rep. Buck, Rep. Steube, Mercedes Schlapp, and Harrison Rogers
July 17, 2021
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From Trump’s recent class-action lawsuits to antitrust legislation, what are the different legal avenues currently in play to challenge Big Tech? And what can the average person do to deal with big tech censorship? At the CPAC conference in Texas, American Thought Leaders sat down with ACU Foundation Senior Fellow Mercedes Schlapp, Rep. Ken Buck…
The Silicon Valley Dream and What Went Wrong (Part II)
July 14, 2021
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Commentary (This article is part two of a three-part series) Military Roots to Public-Focused Silicon Valley was created in the second World War to help the U.S. Army win the war. The government funded companies such as Fairchild Semiconductor. Berkeley, with its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was tasked with making an atomic bomb. People from…
Google Fined $592 Million in Dispute With French Publishers
PARIS—France’s competition regulator fined Google 500 million euros ($592 million) on Tuesday for failing to negotiate in good faith with French publishers in a dispute over payments for their news. The agency threatened fines of another 900,000 euros (around $1 million) per day if Google doesn’t come up with proposals within two months on how…
Big Tech Fights Bill That May See Govt Security Installed on Their Systems
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have unanimously fought to amend a proposed bill that could allow the Australian government to implant its own cybersecurity software onto the back of the big tech’s cloud systems. The Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 (pdf) seeks to build on existing legislation to fortify Australia’s critical infrastructure against cyber…
Deep Dive (July 8): 36 States Sue Google Over App Store Practices
A moment of silence took place on Wednesday for the lives lost in the deadly condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, as first responders make a painful pivot from search and rescue to recovery mode. The mayor is calling the decision “an extremely difficult one.” The death toll rose to 60, as six more bodies were recovered Thursday…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (July 8)
Google is facing an anti-trust lawsuit from dozens of states. They say Google bought off competitors to keep a monopoly for its app store, and consumers like you are paying more because of it. Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti gets two and half years in prison for trying to extort Nike. What did he do, and how…
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