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Google & Apple have ‘vice-like’ grip on consumers – regulator

Posted on December 17, 2021December 17, 2021By Editor

The UK’s competition regulator has blasted US tech giants Google and Apple for their tight control over consumers’ choices and the prices they pay for goods and services. … Read More >Google & Apple have ‘vice-like’ grip on consumers – regulator

Asia & Pacific

Data of thousands of IDs become searchable on Google – reports

Posted on November 16, 2021November 16, 2021By Editor

The Philippines’ Foreign Ministry has disabled its passport application tracking portal, after reports that thousands of applicants’ details had somehow become visible in Google searches. … Read More >Data of thousands of IDs become searchable on Google – reports

EU court upholds decision to fine Google €2.4bn

Posted on November 13, 2021November 13, 2021By Editor

The European Commission was right to fine Google €2.4 billion over an antitrust breach, a top EU court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting an appeal by the US tech giant. … Read More >EU court upholds decision to fine Google €2.4bn

Russia

Russia fines internet giants like Facebook, Google & TikTok a combined $2.6 MILLION for failing to delete banned content

Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021By Editor

So far this year, Russia has fined seven internet giants a combined total of $2.6 million for failure to remove prohibited information, including content that promoted the usage of drugs, the country’s media watchdog has revealed. … Read More >Russia fines internet giants like Facebook, Google & TikTok a combined $2.6 MILLION for failing to delete banned content

World

How does Google track me even when I’m not using it?

Posted on October 20, 2021October 20, 2021By Editor

Google can (and does) track your activity across many non-Google websites and apps. That may be surprising, even if you already know that when you use Google products like Google Search, Chrome, and YouTube, they collect a shocking amount of personal information about you. … Read More >How does Google track me even when I’m not using it?

Shows

Former Google ethical AI team co-lead Timnit Gebru exposes unethical AI by Google & Big Tech

Posted on October 18, 2021October 18, 2021By Editor

On this special episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former co-leader of Google’s ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru, who is the co-founder of Black in AI. She discusses a toxic work culture within Google, where staff walkouts had occurred at the start of her tenure on the team, why she left what many would consider a dream job, the development of unethical AI by Google, unethical practices by other Big Tech companies such as Facebook and Amazon … Read More >Former Google ethical AI team co-lead Timnit Gebru exposes unethical AI by Google & Big Tech

Shows

Social media sting: Anything you post can be used against you

Posted on October 16, 2021October 16, 2021By Editor

Law enforcement agencies nationwide have a cozy relationship with platforms like Facebook and Google. Attorney Madeline Pendley explains how Big Tech has been gagged from informing users exactly what personal information they’re sharing with police departments. … Read More >Social media sting: Anything you post can be used against you

Shows

Crosstalk: Information dystopia

Posted on October 6, 2021October 6, 2021By Editor

Can continued internet censorship and freedom of speech co-exist? This all-important question is being tested. How should misinformation be defined? Who should be allowed to make this determination? Today it’s about vaccines. Will it stop there? … Read More >Crosstalk: Information dystopia

Russia

‘Everyone’s sick & tired of Big Tech’ & ‘blatant’ American interference in Russian elections, ex-President Medvedev tells RT

Posted on September 29, 2021September 29, 2021By Editor

There was widespread and blatant interference in the recent Russian election, ranging from targeted recommendations and censorship by Silicon Valley to overt cyberattacks on servers coming from the US, Dmitry Medvedev has told RT. … Read More >‘Everyone’s sick & tired of Big Tech’ & ‘blatant’ American interference in Russian elections, ex-President Medvedev tells RT

Russia

‘Liars and hypocrites’: Imprisoned Russian opposition figure Navalny accuses Google & Apple of being ‘accomplices’ of Kremlin

Posted on September 26, 2021September 26, 2021By Editor

The jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has taken to Twitter to criticize US tech giants Google and Apple of acting as “accomplices” of the Kremlin, which he says “forged the results” of the country’s recent elections. … Read More >‘Liars and hypocrites’: Imprisoned Russian opposition figure Navalny accuses Google & Apple of being ‘accomplices’ of Kremlin

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