Google fights in EU’s second largest court to dismiss the fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators, three years ago. At that moment, the court decided that Alphabet’s unit hindered its rivals in online searching advertising. Google fights one of the three…
Russia fines Google for “fake” information about war
April 21, 2022
Russia fines Google 11 million roubles, which means over $137,000. The judge mentioned that the fine comes as the platform failed to delete what he called “fake” information about the war in Ukraine. Moreover, the court said that YouTube did not remove video produced by…
Australia takes big steps to get misinformation data
March 21, 2022
New Australian laws would force tech giants share misinformation data. According to the media regulator, these measures would reduce the spread of false information, online. Misinformation data from uncooperative platforms The Australian Communications and Media…
New Microsoft data centre will heat three Finnish towns
March 17, 2022
The Microsoft data centre that the company will build in southern Finland, would be the largest in the world to recycle the heat it produces. The US company announced it would build the emission-free centre in Espoo. Then, it would provide district heating for three…
Data breach fine: Meta should pay 17 million euros
March 16, 2022
Ireland’s data regulator announced a data breach fine for Facebook parent Meta. The 17 million euro fine comes for 12 data breach notifications from 2018. The reasons for the data breach fine According to Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, Meta…
The right to sue big tech: EU civil groups fight for it
February 22, 2022
Important civil groups and universities call for the right of users to sue big tech, when these breach EU rules. Thus, Privacy International, the European Consumer Organisation and some academics involved in this. Their action comes when EU lawmakers and countries talk about…
U.S. Senate puts Big Tech under fire, as it approves new bill
January 20, 2022
Big Tech companies are under fire, after the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved a new bill. This addresses the abuse of the outsized market power. At first, the bill would prevent tech giants from favoring their own businesses. And this happened despite the lobby…
Google is under pressure both in Russia and the U.S.
January 18, 2022
Google is under pressure almost simultaneously in Moscow and Washington. Thus, a Moscow court ordered a new fine for the giant. So, Alphabet should pay 4 million roubles ($52,526) because it did not remove access to content banned in the country. Moreover, the U.S. Senate…
Data collection: UK Court rejects lawsuit against Google
November 11, 2021
The UK Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit against Google. The claimant had sought billions in damages from Google. But the judge said they had failed to prove damage caused to individuals by the data collection. Future lawsuits may have a chance of being successful if they can…
Russia, to fine Google up to 20 percent of its revenue
October 19, 2021
Russia recently announced it would fine Google for refusing to remove content deemed illegal. Russia’s decision comes after months of foreign tech firms like Google refusing to delete some pieces of content, unpleasant for the authorities. The measure might be the…