September 4, 2019 YouTube to pay massive $170M fine as it settles claims it violated children's privacy laws Google-owned YouTube has settled with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General, offering to pay a fine of $170 million on allegations that it violated children's privacy laws.
September 3, 2019 Google targeted in new antitrust probe by state attorneys general More than half of America's state attorneys general are set to announce a new probe into Google over possible antitrust violations in a huge escalation against Big Tech.
September 3, 2019 Amazon's Ring gave police statistics about users who refused law enforcement requests Ring, the home security company owned by Amazon, tracked how users responded to law enforcement requests for footage captured by its doorbell video devices and gave overviews to police departments when requested to do so.
September 3, 2019 YouTube removed 17,000 channels, 500 million comments under new hateful conduct policy YouTube has removed more than 17,000 channels and 100,000 videos, along with at least 500 million comments, since the company announced a broad crackdown on hate speech in June.
August 30, 2019 Group slams Facebook and fact-checker, threatens lawsuit over ‘false’ rating of abortion claim Pro-life group Live Action is considering its legal options after one of the group's key statements was labeled “false” by a fact checking organization that works with Facebook.
August 30, 2019 Google legal chief David Drummond accused of romances with subordinates in defiance of rules Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond regularly ignored the company's policy against office romances with subordinates, a scathing new blog post alleges..
August 29, 2019 Co-founder Steve Wozniak thinks Apple should be broken up Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak thinks Big Tech companies, including Apple, should be broken up.
August 28, 2019 Amazon tactic nudges shoppers to private-label brands just before they click 'Buy' Amazon has introduced a new feature that markets its private-label brands right before consumers add rival products to their shopping carts.
August 28, 2019 Amazon's New York HQ2 debacle included 'burn book' on project's detractors Amazon went full "Mean Girls."
August 28, 2019 Brent Bozell: Facebook's conservative bias analysis desperately needs a do-over to be credible A majority of conservatives don’t trust Facebook, according to one survey. And now the company just gave them another reason why — its new report whitewashing bias against conservatives.