August 21, 2019 Rep. Matt Gaetz: Google's information dominance is dangerous especially when it comes to voters f Google search benefits one political party, or promotes one set of beliefs over another, Google is no longer a distributor of news — they are a publisher.
August 19, 2019 Hillary Clinton slams Trump for sharing 'debunked study' that Google manipulated 'millions' of 2016 votes Hillary Clinton blasted President Trump for tweeting about what she described as a "debunked study" that suggests "millions" of voters in 2016 were manipulated in her favor by Google.
August 17, 2019 CBP Commissioner blasts Google employees' 'irresponsible' petition against agency Google employees were "absolutely irresponsible" in pushing a petition criticizing certain immigration agenices and urging the company to stop working with them, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Mark Morgan said on Saturday.
August 16, 2019 Google employee describes 'burden of being black' at tech giant in memo: report A departing Google employee has described the “the burden of being black” at the tech giant in an internal memo that alleges racist and insensitive behavior from some employees the company.
August 14, 2019 Hundreds of Google employees say they won't be 'complicit' in cloud computing work with Customs and Border Protection More than 590 Google employees are refusing to "be complicit" in any potential cloud computing work the tech giant might do for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
August 13, 2019 FTC chief willing to break up Big Tech The head of the Federal Trade Commission said he's prepared to break up tech companies by undoing past mergers as the agency probes whether the firms are hurting competition.
August 9, 2019 Josh Hawley: Tech giants have a business model based on 'taking stuff from us' Social media giants like Facebook make their money off of taking Americans' personal information and should come under greater scrutiny, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., argued.
August 9, 2019 Peter Thiel on Twitter freezing Mitch McConnell campaign account: Republicans right to be suspicious Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel said Friday on "Fox & Friends" that conservatives are right to be suspicious of bias by Google and social media companies since the big tech firms operate as "totalitarian, one-party states."
August 8, 2019 Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Trump is right to work with social media firms to reduce gun violence and online hate President Trump has taken an important step by inviting social media company executives to a meeting Friday to discuss how hatred and violent extremism are fueled online.
August 7, 2019 GOP senators demand answers from Google over the tech giant’s 'smart speaker relationship' with Huawei Republican Senators Marco Rubio, Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton have sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai seeking answers about the Silicon Valley heavyweight’s relationship with controversial Chinese tech giant Huawei.