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Judge Skeptical of Antitrust Case Over Google Digital Ads

April 8, 2021April 12, 2021 MATTHEW RENDA
advertising, antitrust, Google, monopoly, unfair competition

The judge said Google’s digital advertising business should not be looked at in a vacuum — and without considering the other advertising behemoth, Facebook.

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Business Consumers Media National Politics Technology 

Rising Tide of Misinformation, Extremism Puts Big Tech in Crosshairs

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 SAMANTHA HAWKINS
Extremism, Facebook, Google, internet, liability, Social Media, Twitter

Lawmakers pushed for accountability on the spread of misinformation online — the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google pushed back.

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Business Civil Rights Consumers Media Technology 

Second Google Privacy Case Moves Forward

March 18, 2021March 19, 2021 MATTHEW RENDA
Google, privacy

Google must face another privacy lawsuit just days after the same federal judge allowed a separate but similar privacy case against the Silicon Valley giant to proceed.

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Business Technology 

Google Cuts App Store Fees Amid Antitrust Scrutiny

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 NICHOLAS IOVINO
antitrust, apps, Google, unfair competition

The tech giant will cut fees for low-earning app developers in half as it faces lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny over its dominance in the Android app store market.

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Business Consumers Technology 

Judge Rules Google Must Face Incognito Mode Privacy Suit

March 15, 2021March 16, 2021 MATTHEW RENDA
California, Google, internet, privacy

A federal judge in California ruled Google must face privacy violation claims alleging the company tracked web browsing after users opted to use the company’s privacy mode.

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Business Government International 

Google Flags Higher Ad Rates in France, Spain After Digital Tax

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
advertising, France, Google, Spain, Taxes

Google has told customers that it will raise the rates for advertisements on its French and Spanish platforms by 2% from May to help offset the impact of a digital tax on profits.

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Business Consumers Technology 

Google Denies Collecting Users’ App Data Without Permission

March 4, 2021March 5, 2021 NICHOLAS IOVINO
digital data, Google, privacy

A proposed class of consumers say Google secretly collects data on users’ app activity even after they disable data collection in their Google account privacy preferences.

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Business International Media Technology 

Australia Passes Law to Make Google, Facebook Pay for News

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Facebook, Google, Journalism

Australia’s law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news is ready to take effect, though the laws’ architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals.

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Government Politics Technology 

Washington State Accuses Google of Campaign Finance Violations

February 24, 2021February 25, 2021 KARINA BROWN
campaign finance, Google, Washington state

Google said it wouldn’t run political ads in Washington state after it agreed to settle claims that it violated campaign finance laws. Then dozens more candidates and political committees reported paying Google for political ads.

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International Media Technology 

Microsoft, EU Publishers Seek Australia-Style News Payments

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
European Union, Facebook, Google, Journalism, Microsoft

Microsoft is teaming up with European publishers to push for a system to make big tech platforms pay for news, raising the stakes in the brewing battle over whether Google and Facebook should pay for journalism.

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Consumers Courts Technology 

Privacy Debated in Fight Over Google Chrome Browser History Tracking

February 18, 2021February 19, 2021 MATTHEW RENDA
Google, internet, privacy

Attorneys for Google battled it out with a group of plaintiffs who say the company violated their privacy by storing their web browsing history even though they took a specific step they believed would shield them from being tracked.

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International Media Technology 

Facebook to Dump Australian News Posts Over Proposed Pay-to-Post Law

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 MATTHEW RENDA
Australia, Facebook, Google, Journalism

In a response to a law that aims to make technology companies pay local news publishers a portion of their advertising revenue, Facebook said it would not allow users in Australia to post or share news content.

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Business International Law Media Technology 

Australia to Amend Laws to Make Google and Facebook Pay

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Facebook, false advertising, Google, Journalism

Australia’s government said on Tuesday it will amend draft laws that would make Google and Facebook pay for news to clarify that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on news article links.

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Appeals Business Consumers Technology 

Ninth Circuit Considers Privacy Settlement Over Google Street View

February 11, 2021February 12, 2021 MARIA DINZEO
Class Action, Google, privacy

The Ninth Circuit will likely uphold an award of $13 million against Google over data collected by Street View cars, while a federal judge ruled Thursday that cellphone users can pursue privacy claims related to location tracking through mobile apps.

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Entertainment Media Technology 

Loot Boxes

February 10, 2021February 11, 2021 BRIEF
California, Class Action, gambling, Google, video games

A federal court in California dismissed, with leave to amend, a putative class action alleging that video game “loot boxes” are illegal “slot machines or devices” under California’s gambling laws, and Google violates consumer protection laws by including video games with loot boxes in its Google Play store.

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Employment Government Technology 

Google, Feds Reach $3.8 Million Settlement Over Job Discrimination Claims

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 MARIA DINZEO
Google, Labor Department, sex discrimination

A settlement announced by the U.S. Department of Labor on Monday will send back pay and interest to roughly 5,500 job applicants and current employees at Google who were paid less than men or were turned down for software engineering jobs.

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Business National Politics Technology 

Lawmakers With Bogus Election Claims Lose Google Dollars

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 ALEXANDRA JONES
2020 elections, campaign finance, Google, riots, U.S. Capitol

No more Google money for you: The world’s most-used search engine delivered bad results Tuesday to lawmakers who objected to certifying the results of the 2020 election.

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Civil Rights Consumers Technology 

Google Data

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 BRIEF
apps, California, Google, privacy, Settlement

A federal court in California granted final approval of a settlement agreement in class action alleging software glitches made up to 500,000 Google Plus users’ private data accessible to third-party app developers without notice or consent.

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Business International Law Media Politics Technology 

Google Threatens to Pull Search Engine in Australia

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Google, internet, Journalism, licensing

Google on Friday threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government went ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for news content.

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Business International Media Technology 

Google, French Publishers Sign Copyright News Payment Deal

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Copyright, France, Google, Journalism, licensing

Google has signed a deal with a group of French publishers paving the way for the internet giant to make digital copyright payments for online news content.

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