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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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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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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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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The humble Farmer: Three’s a crowd when Google talking machine comes to dinner
My wife, The Almost Perfect Woman, doesn’t know which one of us is asking the silly questions.
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Another View: CEOs fail to rebut valid concerns over Big Tech
A House hearing makes clear that the heads of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook are focused on advancing their own interests, harming competitors and abusing the public.
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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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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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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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Apple, Google release technology for pandemic apps
The smartphone technology will automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.