Tag: Google

Categories World

Google vows to ban companies profiting from secretly spying on people, but doesn’t think to include itself

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In an effort to combat the monitoring of people’s activities without their knowledge, Google is changing its policies to prohibit the advertising of spyware products. The spy-happy tech giant evidently failed to grasp the irony… … Read More >Google vows to ban companies profiting from secretly spying on people, but doesn’t think to include itself

Categories EU

‘Unacceptable threat’ and ‘provocation’: European nations fume after US pulls out of talks on global digital tax

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European nations have blasted Washington’s decision to pull out of talks on a major overhaul to the taxing of digital giants, which currently move profits into low-tax havens from the places where those profits are actually made. … Read More >‘Unacceptable threat’ and ‘provocation’: European nations fume after US pulls out of talks on global digital tax

Categories USA

FBI launches open attack on ‘foreign’ alternative media outlets challenging US foreign policy

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The FBI has publicly justified its suppression of dissenting online views about US foreign policy if a media outlet can be somehow linked to one of its adversaries. The Bureau’s justification followed a series of instances in which Google and other social media platforms banned accounts following consultations with the FBI. … Read More >FBI launches open attack on ‘foreign’ alternative media outlets challenging US foreign policy

Categories World

We got a complaint’: YouTube deletes channels focusing on Crimea & eastern Ukraine, cites ‘terms of use’ violation

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Google has unexpectedly wiped the channels of three Russian-speaking news outlets from its video service YouTube, explaining the decision to one of them by “terms of use violation.” … Read More >We got a complaint’: YouTube deletes channels focusing on Crimea & eastern Ukraine, cites ‘terms of use’ violation