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PublishedJune 8, 2022
Our View: Big tech spending big to fight needed change
Companies like Amazon want us to think that their market dominance is good for us. It's not.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2022
Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda
After the European Union's president called for a ban on Russian state media, a wave of tech companies blocked the channels from their platforms.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2022
Another View: Google shouldn’t know where you are if you don’t want it to
A lawsuit alleges the tech giant made it ’nearly impossible’ for users to avoid sharing their location data.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2021
Google cracks down on climate change denial by targeting ads
The company says the new policy will also apply to YouTube, which last week announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation.
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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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PublishedDecember 17, 2020
Nearly 40 states, including Maine, sue Google over allegations it manipulates search results
The lawsuit by state attorneys general marks the third competition case that U.S. regulators have filed against the search-and-advertising giant since October.
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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 24, 2020
Another View: Justice Department taking off the gloves against Big Tech
The lesson in the Google antitrust lawsuit seems to be that once a company reaches the top, it can’t keep using the aggressive tactics that helped it get there.
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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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PublishedOctober 6, 2020
House investigation accuses tech giants of monopolistic tactics
Fifteen months of work by the chamber's top antitrust committee culminates in a 450-page report on Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.
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