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YouTube child data gathering faces UK scrutiny after complaint

2Mar

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YouTube child data gathering faces UK scrutiny after complaint

[ad_1] Britain's information regulator said on Wednesday it would look into an official complaint accusing Alphabet Inc's YouTube of illegally collecting data from millions of children. The complaint lodged by father-of-three Duncan McCann, who is leading the campaign and supported by his employer the advocacy group 5Rights, said the video-streaming platform had broken the newly implemented law by gathering "the location, viewing habits and preferences" of up to 5 million children. Countries have been wrestling to strike the right balance with legislation that protects social media users, particularly children, from harmful content without damaging free speech. McCann said in a statement that YouTube should change the design of its platform and delete data it had been gathering....

Google tests blocking news content for some Canadians

24Feb

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Google tests blocking news content for some Canadians

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc's Google is rolling out tests that block access to news content for some Canadian users, the company confirmed on Wednesday, in what it says is a test run of a potential response to the government's online news bill. The "Online News Act," or House of Commons bill C-18, introduced in April by Justin Trudeau's Liberal government, laid out rules to force platforms like Meta's Facebook and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. "We're briefly testing potential product responses to Bill C-18 that impact a very small percentage of Canadian users. We run thousands of tests each year to assess any potential changes to Search," a Google spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters. The tech-giant confirmed that the tim...

Google Job Cuts Hit Veterans of DoubleClick Ad Tech Business

3Feb

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Google Job Cuts Hit Veterans of DoubleClick Ad Tech Business

[ad_1] Google's recent job cuts pushed out several company veterans who were instrumental in building its massive display advertising business — an operation that's now in the crosshairs of the US government. At least five executives who have played key roles in Google's ad tech division lost their jobs as part of the workforce reductions, according to posts on LinkedIn and people familiar with the decisions. Three of the executives came to Google with DoubleClick, the ad-tech firm the search giant struck a deal to buy in 2007. The acquisition made Google a powerhouse in digital advertising. While some of these executives had moved to other parts of the company, their departure may be a sign that Google is drifting away from a business that has weathered significant privacy and an...

25Jan

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US sues Google over digital ads

[ad_1] The Justice Department and several states sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition. The US Justice Department and several states sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition.The government alleges that Google's plan to assert dominance has been to “neutralize or eliminate” rivals through acquisitions and to force advertisers to use its products by making it difficult to use competitors' products. The antitrust suit was filed in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Attorney General Merrick Garland was expected to discuss it at a news conference later Tuesday. The DOJ's suit accuses Google of unlawfully monopolizing the way ads are served online by excluding competitors. This inc...

Google staff anxiety runs high after 12000 colleagues cut

22Jan

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Google staff anxiety runs high after 12000 colleagues cut

[ad_1] The company, owned by Alphabet Inc., had finally decided to cut 12000 employees, or 6 percent of the workforce. Google employees, after watching peers at rival tech firms lose their jobs en masse, were anxious about when layoffs would happen to them. Then on Friday morning, some of them couldn't get into their corporate accounts. The company, owned by Alphabet Inc., had finally decided to cut 12,000 employees, or 6% of the workforce. Employees described a mostly orderly if impersonal transition, communicated mostly via the same technology products they helped build, with no direct answers for individuals about why they were included or not. Some found out they lost their jobs via messages sent to their personal email addresses. With no central way to...

Google denied interim relief in App Store case by Indian court

12Jan

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Google denied interim relief in App Store case by Indian court

[ad_1] An Indian appeals court declined to grant any immediate relief to Alphabet Inc.’s Google in a case over a fine of 9.36 billion rupees ($115 million) for abusing its dominant position in the market. An Indian appeals court declined to grant any immediate relief to Alphabet Inc.'s Google in a case over a fine of 9.36 billion rupees ($115 million) for abusing its dominant position in the market. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal directed the US tech giant on Wednesday to deposit 10% of the penalty, which was slapped by the Competition Commission of India after hearing a case related to its Play Store policies. The amount has to be deposited in four weeks as per the court's routine procedure. The next hearing will take place on April 17. The CC...

Silicon Valley Job Cuts Are No Cure-All for Tech’s Falling Stock Prices

8Nov

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Silicon Valley Job Cuts Are No Cure-All for Tech’s Falling Stock Prices

[ad_1] Companies such as Meta Platforms Inc. are waking up to investor demands that they cut costs in the face of a looming recession… Companies such as Meta Platforms Inc. are waking up to investor demands that they cut costs in the face of a looming recession, but shareholders looking for relief from the relentless tech-stock selloff can only take so much comfort from that. Facebook parent Meta plans to cut thousands of jobs beginning this week, the Wall Street Journal reported. That comes after Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Microsoft Corp. either froze hiring or said they're re-evaluating staffing needs as the breakneck growth that the tech industry has enjoyed fades in the face of inflation and rising interest rates. While layoffs bring economic pain to households, i...

Google Android Decision Encouraging ‘Win’ for EU, Vestager Says

16Sep

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Google Android Decision Encouraging ‘Win’ for EU, Vestager Says

[ad_1] A European court ruling this week that upheld a record European Union antitrust fine against Alphabet Inc.’s Google over its Android mobile operating system represents a clear “win” for regulators who confront technology giants, said EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager. A European court ruling this week that upheld a record European Union antitrust fine against Alphabet Inc.'s Google over its Android mobile operating system represents a clear “win” for regulators who confront technology giants, said EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager. “This is a win,” Vestager said in an interview with Bloomberg TV Thursday. “A huge majority of the case is completely upheld, which means that the court has confirmed our view...