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Google, Facebook & Microsoft top EU lobbying spending amid clampdown on Big Tech’s powers by Brussels – study

The paper, published by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl campaign groups on Tuesday, revealed that the annual spending on lobbying…

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Anti-vaxx protesters in London target Google, accuse tech firm of censorship (VIDEO)

A crowd of protesters pressed up against the doors of Google’s office at London’s King’s Cross on Monday. The demonstrators…

3 years ago

Google mandates vaccines for employees returning to office

As the coronavirus pandemic took hold, Google sent the majority of its almost 140,000 employees home last March to work…

3 years ago

More than half of US states sue Google for ‘extravagant’ fees in company’s app store

The plaintiff states claim Google is monopolizing the app store and abusing the power it has over app developers, while also…

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‘Spyware’? Google draws fire for ‘force-installing’ sneaky Covid-tracking app on Android devices in Massachusetts without consent

Launched by the state on June 15, MassNotify enables users who have turned on the voluntary ‘Covid-19 Exposure Notifications’ feature…

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Google slapped with 220mn-euro fine following French probe into anti-competitive behavior

“The decision to fine Google is particularly significant as it is the first throughout the world to tackle complex algorithmic…

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Google apologizes after listing ancient language spoken by 40 million people as ‘ugliest in India’

The tech giant came under fire after it was discovered that typing “ugliest language in India” into its search engine…

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Former Google employees who sued tech giant over gender pay gap win class action status in case estimated at $600 million

The Thursday ruling by the San Francisco Superior Court Judge Andrew Cheng, certifying a class-action status to the 2017 gender…

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Trump rips Facebook, Twitter, Google for taking ‘free speech’ away from him to appease ‘radical left lunatics’

“What Facebook, Twitter, Google have done is a total disgrace and embarrassment to our country,” Trump wrote. “Free Speech has…

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Google faces ‘millions’ in fines after Australian court rules in ‘world-first’ case that it misled users about data collection

The federal court sided with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which sued Google in October 2019, alleging that…

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