Tech Freedom
In the face of antitrust investigations, big tech has almost doubled its spend on lobbying
At this point, antitrust motions seem imminent and big tech giants are doing what they can to hold it off.
Amazon is on the brink of heightened antitrust scrutiny
The FTC is collecting data on Amazon.
Tim Cook says Apple isn’t a monopoly
13.4% share of the global smartphone market in 2018, which means Apple isn’t a monopoly – according to Tim Cook.
YouTube bows to the mob after Vox host Carlos Maza attempts to get competitor Steven Crowder silenced
Maza claimed that Crowder’s jokes were harassment.
The EU wants Facebook to censor content worldwide, not just within the EU
The EU is up to its usual tricks.
Is Apple backing away from its strict rules on what apps it lets into the App Store – or from its strict focus on user privacy and data protection? Or from both?
Apple backs off to avoid anti-trust investigations but is it now putting privacy at risk.
House Judiciary Committee launches antitrust investigation into big tech
Reports are indicating that the DOJ and FTC will also soon be launching antitrust probes into Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
Apple and Google call on UK’s spy agency not to force spying on innocent citizens by breaking end-to-end encryption
Spy agencies have long been anti-encryption.
Ad Blockers are set to stop working on Google Chrome
Apparently it’s a better “user experience”.
Apple says the App Store “welcomes competition” in the wake of antitrust ruling
Apple is facing numerous allegations that the App Store is a monopoly and that it engages in anti-competitive practices.
Google is not letting YouTube function on Microsoft Edge, another examples of Google’s hostility to open standards
It’s not the first time Google hasn’t played nice with other browsers.
Australians who use free public WiFi in McDonalds of coffee shops could be giving data over to police
Australia’s attitude to public surveillance is second only to China.