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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Google workers form new labor union, a tech industry rarity
Members are pushing for change without traditional collective bargaining rights.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
Senators give social media CEOs an earful – and warn of new limits
The chief executives of Twitter, Facebook and Google promise to take needed measures as Republicans accuse them of anti-conservative bias and Democrats criticize hate speech and misinformation.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2020
Justice Department files landmark antitrust case against Google
The lawsuit marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2020
Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content
The Australian government plans to give Google and Facebook three months to negotiate with Australian media businesses fair pay for news content.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2020
House panel grills Big Tech CEOs over antitrust concerns
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple face questions about their business practices and market dominance.
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PublishedJune 10, 2020
EU wants tech giants to do more to counter fake coronavirus news
A senior European Union official is demanding that tech firms like Google and Facebook provide detailed monthly reports on how they're tackling fake news linked to the coronavirus
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PublishedMay 20, 2020
Apple, Google release technology for pandemic apps
The smartphone technology will automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020
Google faces privacy probe in EU over location tracking
The investigation will look into its processing of data and the transparency surrounding it.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
Former Google exec now running for Senate in Maine decries company’s ‘greed, corruption’
Democrat Ross LaJeunesse of Biddeford says the company didn't live up to its motto: Don't be evil.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Workers fired from Google plan federal labor complaint
The company claims they were fired for violating its data security policy, while the former employees say Google retaliated against them for labor activity.
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