60 Minutes segment: Google is a monopoly without question
In last night’s widely anticipated “60 Minutes” segment on Google, the program asks, “How Did Google Get So Big?” The answer the...
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Australian privacy regulators examining Google’s Android location-data collection
European privacy moves are having a ripple effect around the globe. Reuters reported earlier today that Google now faces an investigation...
Google issues updated GDPR guidance to publishers on how to gain consent from users
CookieChoices, to include new tips and suggestions to advertisers and publishers in advance of the May 25 deadline for enforcement of the...
7 ways protections for online content are being eroded
In the end, the law in question (the Fighting Online Sex Trafficking Act, or FOSTA) was defined narrowly enough to fix the targeted...
Oracle’s $9 billion Java lawsuit against Google back from the dead
Oracle’s suit against Google has been brought back to life by a federal appeals court. The underlying lawsuit involved Google’s...
Senate Judiciary Committee asks CEOs of Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify on privacy
And now the hearings. Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it’s seeking testimony from Facebook, Google and...
Anti-sex trafficking law opposed by many internet companies likely to pass this week
Most people will agree that online sex trafficking should be stopped. However, a new bill aimed at doing that, which is likely to be...
Report: France suing Google, Apple over mobile developer contract terms
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the country will take Apple and Google to court over mobile developer contracts. The move is...
Google’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...
A new era: Mobile-location tracking, user consent and government surveillance
Last week, Quartz reported that Google has been collecting user and cell-tower location data even when people have turned location...
CSEs will compete head-on with Google Shopping in EU search results
Starting Wednesday, Comparison Shopping Engines/Services (CSEs) such as Kelkoo, Shopzilla and Twenga will be able to run product listing...
Gab.ai sues Google after removal from Play store for hate-speech violations
Described 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...
News media seek to wield antitrust law in negotiations with Google, Facebook
In 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...
Google holds onto its trademark as federal court rules it has not become generic
Google has not committed “genericide,” according to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. While people have used “google” to refer to...
Google settles Russian antitrust case over default Android apps
Google and Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) have settled the antitrust case focused on the pre-installation of Google apps on...
Google thaws (a little) on defamation cases
Google’s recent freeze on granting defamation removal requests has thawed a little. Even so, the company’s actions around harmful and...
Google, Facebook to face large fines in Europe unless they change policies
Google, Facebook and several other large US-based internet sites have had a tense relationship with EU regulators, who see many of their...
Locksmiths try again to sue Google over fake local listings
Here’s a familiar story: a group of locksmiths has filed a class action lawsuit against Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. They claim the...
Tech firms join forces to push back on Trump immigration ban
Stunned by the White House’s anti-immigration and travel ban, a group of major tech companies is planning on submitting a “friend of the...
Oracle complains to EU that Google now has unfair ad-targeting advantage
New complaints about Google’s ad-targeting capabilities may compound the company’s existing legal challenges in Europe. According to an...
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