August 29, 2018 Google pressured by human rights groups to abandon censored search in China Google is facing scrutiny from a number of human rights groups to abandon its Project Dragonfly initiative, which would see the search giant launch a censored search engine in China, nearly eight years after it left the country.
August 28, 2018 Google CEO slammed by lawmakers for declining to testify at Senate hearing On the same day that President Trump slammed social media companies for what he claims is a bias against conservative media, a bipartisan group of lawmakers went after Google’s CEO for refusing to testify next week on Capitol Hill.
August 28, 2018 White House 'taking a look' at regulating Google The White House is “taking a look” at whether the government should regulate Google, President Trump’s top economic adviser said Tuesday – hours after the commander-in-chief targeted the platform.
August 28, 2018 Facebook continues to get hit, as teens leave in droves Beleaguered Facebook has seen its user growth stagnate and even drop in lucrative markets such as the U.S. and Europe in recent months. As the company continues to deal with foreign threats and fake news, the company's lifeblood, its user base, won't be getting any help from teenagers.
August 28, 2018 Trump threatens Google over alleged biased search results President Trump threatened Google on early Tuesday morning, saying the Internet giant’s search engine is biased against conservative media and promised that the situation “will be addressed.”
August 27, 2018 Facebook 'shamed' LGBT users with 'gay cure' ads Facebook showed "predatory" gay conversion therapy adverts to young LGBT people designed to "shame" and "hurt" them.
August 26, 2018 Twitter CEO, other tech execs to address social-media 'bias' against conservatives at Capitol Hill hearing Amid concerns that conservative voices are being silenced on social media, a U.S. House committee announced Friday that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and other tech executives will appear before the panel on Capitol Hill Sept. 5.
August 24, 2018 Amazon pays a creepy Twitter army to convince you its warehouses aren't evil Amazon is trying to clean up its reputation by unleashing a small army of Twitter fanatics to praise the company.
August 21, 2018 Google sued for tracking users' locations without permission Google has been hit with a federal lawsuit for invasion of privacy – one week after the tech giant was caught tracking iPhone and Android users’ location in spite of enabled privacy settings.