Google on Wednesday was hit by a lawsuit from a group of state attorneys over alleged violation of antitrust laws by its Android app store. Attorneys general for 36 states and the District of Columbia sued the Big Tech company in a 144-page complaint filed in a Northern California federal court. The group alleges that…
Google Hit With Suit by 36 states, Washington Over Alleged Antitrust Violations
Google was hit by a lawsuit from a group of state attorneys on July 7 over alleged violations of antitrust laws by its Android app store. Attorneys general for 36 states and Washington are suing the Big Tech company in a 144-page complaint filed in a Northern California federal court. The group alleges that Google’s…
The Silicon Valley Dream and What Went Wrong
July 6, 2021
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Commentary Silicon Valley, in my opinion, has lost its moral compass, or its soul. These companies are monetizing people’s weaknesses. They know us better than we know ourselves. They use artificial intelligence to predict and test whatever they want to test on us and learn how we react to those tests. That’s how they make…
Asia Industry Group Warns Privacy Law Changes May Force Tech Firms to Quit Hong Kong
An Asian industry group that includes Google, Facebook and Twitter has warned that tech companies could stop offering their services in Hong Kong if the city proceeds with plans to change privacy laws. The warning came in a letter sent by the Asia Internet Coalition, of which all three companies, in addition to Apple Inc,…
Google Restores Services After Multiple Users Face Outage
Multiple users complained about an outage affecting Alphabet Inc’s search engine Google as well as its streaming and email services late Monday before services were restored, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector. Platforms including Google, YouTube, and Gmail were down, with users citing issues with login and accessing the website in parts of North America,…
Google Responds to Claims It Secretly Installed COVID-19 Tracking App on Users’ Phones
June 22, 2021
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A number of Android phone users over the past weekend reported that a COVID-19 notifications system was automatically installed on their phones without warning or consent. Google, in a statement to several news outlets, did not confirm or deny whether the “automatically distributed” system was installed without users’ consent, while noting that “COVID-19 Exposure Notifications are…
EU Investigates Google’s Conduct in Digital Ad Tech Sector
LONDON—European Union regulators have launched a fresh antitrust investigation of Google, this time over whether the U.S. tech giant is stifling competition in digital advertising technology. The European Commission said Tuesday that it has opened a formal investigation into whether Google violated the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services…
Ohio Files Lawsuit Seeking to Declare Google a Public Utility
June 9, 2021
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit against Google on Tuesday, asking the court to declare the company a public utility and put the tech giant under government regulation. “Google uses its dominance of Internet search to steer Ohioans to Google’s own products—that’s discriminatory and anti-competitive,” Yost said in a statement. “When you own the…
France Fines Google $268 Million for Unfair Online Ads Treatment
PARIS—France’s anti-competition watchdog decided Monday to fine Google 220 million euros ($268 million) for abusing its “dominant position” in the online advertising business, an unprecedented move, the body said. Practices used by Google “are particularly serious because they penalize Google’s competitors” in certain markets and publishers of mobile sites and applications, the statement by the…
Google Reassigns Diversity Staffer Who Said Jews Have ‘Insatiable Appetite for War and Killing’
Google on Wednesday said it reassigned a top diversity officer after critics noted he wrote years ago that Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war and killing.” Kamau Bobb has been removed from Google’s diversity team, a spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email. Bobb was the company’s global lead for diversity strategy and research….
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