Tech Freedom
Google wants to be your checking account
Are you ready Google to offer financial services?
Facebook Pay is here – for those that think it’s a good idea to let Facebook process their payments
It’s rolling out in the US this week.
Tony Blair says it’s time to make Facebook and Google public utilities
The former British PM has weighed in on the debate.
Google is worried an antitrust probe will reveal its secrets
Google may not be known for respecting the privacy of others, but it doesn’t want anyone knowing its own secrets.
Media outlets publish anti-regulation propaganda by Google-backed organizations without disclosure
If you’d like to know what a propaganda campaign, carried out by a powerful entity apparently lacking any semblance of disclosure and/or transparency might look like in a democracy – look no further than this spate of recent “opinion pieces” cropping up on US-based media outlets.
Senator Hawley calls on the FTC to release Google 2012 antitrust violation details
“The report provides evidence that Google was deceiving consumers before 2012, and the recent fines levied against Google suggest that Google never stopped,” Hawley writes.
Facebook to acquire CTRL-Labs to create mind-control device input
The social media giant is rumored to be paying up to $1 billion for the company.
Snapchat dossier containing Facebook anti-competitive practices to be handed to the FTC
Titled after the antagonist of the famous Harry Potter series, the document is known as the “Project Voldemort.”
Microsoft’s Brad Smith says it’s time to break up big tech
He told NPR that the lack of more forceful government interference in the way tech companies do their business will eventually spell the downfall of democracy.
Judiciary Committee to Apple: Hand over all communications about removing App Store apps
Apple’s has long been accused of using its alleged App Store monopoly to block certain apps.
Elizabeth Warren says Apple’s App Store has “too much power”
The jury’s still out on whether Warren has a viable plan, and how successful it might be, or if the whole thing is just a case of campaign rhetoric.
California Attorney General hasn’t joined other states in antitrust probe of Google, his eighth largest donor
Politicians have been condemning Becerra’s lack of participation in the investigation of Google.