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November 30, 2018

Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook staff to find out if George Soros was shorting the company’s stock

Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg asked staff to conduct research on whether billionaire George Soros, a high-profile critic of the social network, was shorting the company’s stock.

November 30, 2018

Google staffers discussed burying conservative news outlets, but tech giant claims talks didn't amount to anything

Google staffers reportedly discussed burying conservative news organizations in the company’s search function with the goal of impacting future elections – but the tech giant says nothing came out of the conversations.

November 30, 2018

Sheryl Sandberg reportedly asked Facebook employees to research George Soros

Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg reportedly asked employees to do research on George Soros following a speech he gave criticizing the social media giant.

November 29, 2018

Amazon hit for ‘dehumanizing’ and ‘deadly’ employment practices by labor union amid New York expansion

A New York labor union blasted Amazon for "deadly" and "dehumanizing" employment practices in a report issued Wednesday as the tech giant's plans to build a Long Island City campus for 25,000 employees draws further scrutiny. 

November 29, 2018

Facebook considered charging for access to user data, documents show

Internal emails show Facebook Inc. considered charging companies for continued access to user data several years ago, a step that would have marked a dramatic shift away from the social-media giant’s policy of not selling that information, according to an unredacted court document viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

November 28, 2018

San Francisco supervisor wants Zuckerberg’s name removed from hospital: report

A San Francisco supervisor on Tuesday asked the City Attorney to draft legislation that would remove Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s name from San Francisco General hospital, a move that would create profound changes in the way the city names its public institutions, The Mercury News reported.

November 28, 2018

Google hit in Europe with complaint over 'deceptive' location tracking, faces massive fine

Google was hit with a privacy complaint by a group of seven European consumer watchdog agencies over what they call the company's "deceptive" location tracking for ad-targeting purposes. 

November 28, 2018

Google's controversial Dragonfly project sparks employee backlash

A group of almost 700 Google employees signed a letter calling on the tech giant to halt its potential plans to build a censored search engine for China — known as Dragonfly — saying it would "enable state surveillance" in the communist country. 

November 28, 2018

Facebook 'failing' black users and employees, ex-employee claims

Facebook has a "black people problem" and is "failing" its black users and employees, according to a lengthy memo sent to all of its employees and published Tuesday on the social network by a former employee.

November 27, 2018

Boycott tech giants until they tackle terror content, UK lawmakers urge

U.K. lawmakers have urged advertisers to consider boycotting tech giant such as Google and Facebook until they deal with terrorist content on their platforms.