Fahad HMay 21, 20182 min read60 Minutes segment: Google is a monopoly without questionIn last night’s widely anticipated “60 Minutes” segment on Google, the program asks, “How Did Google Get So Big?” The answer the...
Fahad HMay 15, 20182 min readAustralian privacy regulators examining Google’s Android location-data collectionEuropean privacy moves are having a ripple effect around the globe. Reuters reported earlier today that Google now faces an investigation...
Fahad HMay 14, 20181 min readGoogle issues updated GDPR guidance to publishers on how to gain consent from usersCookieChoices, to include new tips and suggestions to advertisers and publishers in advance of the May 25 deadline for enforcement of the...
Fahad HApr 24, 20189 min read7 ways protections for online content are being erodedIn the end, the law in question (the Fighting Online Sex Trafficking Act, or FOSTA) was defined narrowly enough to fix the targeted...
Fahad HMar 27, 20181 min readOracle’s $9 billion Java lawsuit against Google back from the deadOracle’s suit against Google has been brought back to life by a federal appeals court. The underlying lawsuit involved Google’s...
Fahad HMar 26, 20181 min readSenate Judiciary Committee asks CEOs of Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify on privacyAnd now the hearings. Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it’s seeking testimony from Facebook, Google and...
Fahad HMar 22, 20183 min readAnti-sex trafficking law opposed by many internet companies likely to pass this weekMost people will agree that online sex trafficking should be stopped. However, a new bill aimed at doing that, which is likely to be...
Fahad HMar 14, 20181 min readReport: France suing Google, Apple over mobile developer contract termsFrench Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the country will take Apple and Google to court over mobile developer contracts. The move is...
Fahad HMar 2, 20181 min readGoogle’s antitrust infringement continues ‘unabated’, Google Shopping competitors Comparison shopping engines aren’t satisfied with Google’s response to the European Commission’s demand that the search giant give equal...
Fahad HNov 27, 20172 min readA new era: Mobile-location tracking, user consent and government surveillanceLast week, Quartz reported that Google has been collecting user and cell-tower location data even when people have turned location...
Fahad HSep 28, 20171 min readCSEs will compete head-on with Google Shopping in EU search resultsStarting Wednesday, Comparison Shopping Engines/Services (CSEs) such as Kelkoo, Shopzilla and Twenga will be able to run product listing...
Fahad HSep 16, 20172 min readGab.ai sues Google after removal from Play store for hate-speech violationsDescribed as a “digital safe space for the far right” or the “alt-right’s very own Twitter,” social site Gab.ai is suing Google parent...
Fahad HJul 11, 20172 min readNews media seek to wield antitrust law in negotiations with Google, FacebookIn the wake of the EU’s recent $2.7 billion dollar fine of Google, the US news media are seeking to both change and wield antitrust law...
Fahad HMay 17, 20171 min readGoogle holds onto its trademark as federal court rules it has not become genericGoogle has not committed “genericide,” according to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. While people have used “google” to refer to...
Fahad HApr 17, 20172 min readGoogle settles Russian antitrust case over default Android appsGoogle and Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) have settled the antitrust case focused on the pre-installation of Google apps on...
Fahad HMar 21, 20172 min readGoogle thaws (a little) on defamation casesGoogle’s recent freeze on granting defamation removal requests has thawed a little. Even so, the company’s actions around harmful and...
Fahad HMar 17, 20171 min readGoogle, Facebook to face large fines in Europe unless they change policiesGoogle, Facebook and several other large US-based internet sites have had a tense relationship with EU regulators, who see many of their...
Fahad HMar 3, 20172 min readLocksmiths try again to sue Google over fake local listingsHere’s a familiar story: a group of locksmiths has filed a class action lawsuit against Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. They claim the...
Fahad HJan 31, 20172 min readTech firms join forces to push back on Trump immigration banStunned by the White House’s anti-immigration and travel ban, a group of major tech companies is planning on submitting a “friend of the...
Fahad HJan 24, 20172 min readOracle complains to EU that Google now has unfair ad-targeting advantageNew complaints about Google’s ad-targeting capabilities may compound the company’s existing legal challenges in Europe. According to an...
