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US Justice department to bring antitrust case against Google, says report

US Attorney General William P Barr plans to bring an antitrust case against Alphabet, Google’s parent company, and has dismissed lawyers’ request for more time to build a strong case,…

admin September 4, 2020

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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube prepare to tackle Trump attacks if he doesn’t ‘go quietly’

San Francisco: Twitter on Friday said it is bracing for efforts by President Donald Trump or others to attack the integrity of the US election, as US media reported that…

admin August 22, 2020

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Australia unveils law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news content

Sydney/Canberra: Australia unveiled a draft law Friday to force Google and Facebook to pay news media for their content in a “world-leading” initiative sure to prompt a confrontation with the…

admin July 31, 2020

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Black video artists sue YouTube for discrimination

San Francisco: A lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses YouTube of discriminating against African American video makers and viewers by factoring in race when it comes to filtering…

admin June 19, 2020

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France calls out US’ bully stance on taxing Big Tech

Paris: France and the US locked horns Thursday over taxing digital giants such as Google and Facebook, after Washington said it was breaking off talks aimed at establishing a global…

admin June 18, 2020

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What’s being done about fake news? EU wants Google, Facebook monthly reports

Brussels: A senior European Union official warned online platforms like Google and Facebook on Wednesday to step up the fight against fake news, coming notably from countries like China and…

admin June 10, 2020

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No way we gonna pay: Google snubs Australia government demand to pay news publishers

Sydney: Google has rejected demands it pay hundreds of millions of dollars per year in compensation to Australian news media under a government-imposed revenue sharing deal. The company’s top executive…

admin June 1, 2020

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Sundar Pichai says Google stands with black community; had opposed Muslim ban earlier

Washington: Google stands in support of racial equality, the tech giant’s Indian-American CEO Sunder Pichai has said, expressing solidarity with the African-American community in the US in wake of protests…

admin June 1, 2020

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Aussie papers go digital, downsize amid double whammy of Google-Facebook and COVID

Canberra: Australia’s largest newspaper publisher, News Corp., announced on Thursday that most of its suburban and regional mastheads across the country will become digital-only next month due to the pandemic.…

admin May 28, 2020

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Google knows where you are even if you opt not to share location info, says lawsuit

San Francisco: The US state of Arizona filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Google of committing fraud by being deceptive about gathering location data. Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich said the…

admin May 28, 2020

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Don’t let Big Tech turn the world into a China, Noam Chomsky warns

New York: The role of technology in helping push back against the novel coronavirus has been hailed widely. But it also means that people are constantly being watched by entities…

admin May 25, 2020

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Tech giants Facebook, Google, Twitter sell work from home as the new culture

Oakland, California: For a preview of the future of office work, watch how the biggest tech companies are preparing for a post-pandemic world. Silicon Valley and Seattle giants — Facebook,…

admin May 22, 2020