Australia would force Google and Facebook to pay the content producers for their news. This would be a world premiere, that should protect independent journalism.
Of course, there were lots of threats that came from the two giants, since the authorities started talking…
A series of Facebook threats against the Australian users and publishers appeared in a recent official blog post. The company says it will ban both users and companies from sharing news if the News Media Bargaining Code will come into force.
The reaction comes as the…
Media companies join their forces to start an online revolution against the fees imposed by Google, Facebook and Apple. This could be effective, as it might change the way people will search and see ads, at the same time.
Google Australia scares its users, as it gets scared…
Australian users might use Google free services only as… paid services, the company announced. These would include everything, even the search results.
This is the result of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) ruling that the company…
A Vietnamese group supported by the authorities compromised BMW and Hyundai. So, the giants’ networks were under cyber-attacks for months, recently.
“Ocean Lotus” (code name APT32) has been operational for a few years. In the spring, it infiltrated the network of…
Google's New Internet Encryption Protocol, under antitrust examination
September 30, 2019
The congressional antitrust investigators are concerned that Google’s new Internet Protocol might give the company an unjust competitive advantage, according to CNET. Investigators try to find out if Google will use the collected data through this protocol for any…
The trial opened against Facebook by the Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems that could affect how hundreds of thousands of companies transfer personal data worldwide as well as Europeans’ privacy rights will start next week at Europe’s top court, according…
An investigation was started by the British Competition and Markets Authority into the power wielded by Facebook and Google in digital advertising markets, including the ownership of data, according to Reuters.
The authorities want to reveal how much influence the platforms…
