Pulse Massacre
The Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal of terror-related claims against Twitter, Google and Facebook for the Pulse night club massacre in Orlando.
Read moreGoogle Faces Subpoena in ‘Shitty Media Men’ Case
A male author who says he was defamed in an anonymous online spreadsheet nicknamed the “Shitty Media Men” list plans to subpoena Google for information on the women who contributed to it, potentially setting the stage for a messy, prolonged #MeToo legal battle.
Read moreTech Giants Grilled Over Rise of White Nationalism
Reports of hate crimes and online messaging promoting white nationalism are on the rise and executives from Facebook and Google faced tough questions Tuesday from lawmakers about efforts to stop the spread of hate on their platforms.
Read moreGoogle Pays $11 Million
A federal judge approved an $11 million class settlement accusing Google of shutting down AdSense accounts to duck payments owed from ad revenue.
Read moreBach Stars in First Google Doodle With Artificial Intelligence
Marking the birth of composer Johann Sebastian Bach on this day in 1685, Google on Thursday unveiled its first Doodle powered by artificial intelligence.
Read moreHigh Court Blocks Google Settlement on Standing Issue
A privacy class action that Google settled for $7 million faced a Supreme Court clamp-down Wednesday, with the justices ruling 8-1 that there are too many questions about standing to move forward.
Read moreEU Fines Google $1.7 Billion for Abusing Online Ads Market
European Union regulators have fined Google $1.7 billion for abusing its dominant role in online advertising, the third big antitrust penalty they’ve given the internet giant since 2017.
Read moreGoogle Paid Former Exec $35 Million After Harassment Claim
Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal $35 million in an exit package when he was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation, according to court documents released Monday.
Read moreFrance Unveils Plan to Tax Internet Giants
The French government on Wednesday unveiled plans to slap a 3 percent tax on the French revenues of internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook.
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Beijing-based Developer’s Stock Dropped After Apps Removed from Google Play Store, Class Claims
(CN) – Cheetah Mobile Inc. faces a shareholder class action after the company allegedly engaged in an ad fraud scheme
Read moreGoogle Hit With $57M Fine in France Under New EU Law
France’s data privacy watchdog fined Google $57 million on Monday, the first penalty for a U.S. tech giant under new European data privacy rules that took effect last year.
Read moreGoogle Class Action
Alphabet shareholders claim in a federal derivative class action that directors of the company failed for six months to disclose a data breach affecting nearly 500,000 Google Plus users, causing the share price to drop by 15 percent in October 2018 as U.S. senators questioned the company’s compliance with a 2011 FTC consent decree.
Read moreGoogle Sways Magistrate on Limiting Right to Be Forgotten
Europeans today enjoy the “right to be forgotten” when it comes to internet-search results, but an EU magistrate took Google’s side Thursday when it comes to applying that right globally.
Read moreSuing Google
A shareholder derivative complaint accuses the directors of Alphabet, including John Doerr, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai and Eric Schmidt of harming shareholders by allowing pervasive sexual harassment at the company, in San Mateo County Court.
Read moreGoogle Wins Lawsuit Over Face-Scanning Technology
A federal judge ruled Saturday that Google does not violate Illinois privacy laws by automatically creating a face template when Android users upload photos taken on their smartphone to the company’s cloud-based photo service.
Read moreEurope and USA Face Off on Data Protection Rules
(CN) — Europe has become ground zero in a major legal and regulatory tug-of-war over control of the personal data
Read moreGoogle Strikes Early in EU Battle Over News Snippets
An EU high court adviser said Thursday that a German law subjecting Google and other search engines to demands for licensing fees for publishing excerpts from news articles should be blocked on procedural grounds.
Read moreGoogle CEO Rebuffs Barbs of Liberal Bias in House Panel
At a House panel Tuesday where Republicans hit Google with allegations of bias, CEO Sundar Pichai insisted that the search giant builds it products without regard for political viewpoint.
Read moreSan Jose OKs Huge Google Downtown Deal Amid Opposition
Following hours of raucous debate that featured protesters chaining themselves to chairs, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to approve a $111 million land deal with Google with the potential to dramatically remake the downtown area of the 10th largest U.S. city and capital of Silicon Valley and shape the future of corporate sponsored urban redevelopment.
Read moreBig Tech Class Action
A class action filed Thursday accuses Google, Facebook and Apple of tracking smartphone users’ location and history regardless of privacy settings.
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