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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki downplays monopoly suggestions, says it’s a “competitive landscape”
This competitive landscape includes Facebook, Apple, TikTok, and Amazon-owned Twitch according to Wojcicki.
Department of Justice orders the shut down of a coronavirus vaccine scam website
This is the first government-ordered takedown of a coronavirus-related site.
YouTuber Omi in a Hellcat has assets confiscated
Even his thumb drivers we confiscated.
Judge dismisses Wikimedia case against the NSA
Somehow Wikimedia has to prove that it’s being surveilled, even though that surveillance would be secret.
AG William Barr makes his case for a domestic surveillance system to tackle “potential mass shootings”
The memorandum also reveals that the US now plans to put to use domestically its post 9/11 anti-terrorism experience, in the past applied in other countries.
Justice Department orders Apple and Google to reveal the names and locations of gun scope app users
This is the first time American investigators have demanded personal data from users of a single Apple or Google app.
EU regulators investigating Google job search tool for possible anti-competitive behavior
Rivals have complained that Google’s placement of job adverts at the top of its search results is a “ploy” to gain market share.
Major big tech antitrust investigation to start as early as September
The big tech companies are facing mounting pressure from various US federal departments.
Twitter running propaganda ad campaign against Hong Kong protestors from state-owned China news agency
China Xinhua News has been referred to as “the world’s biggest propaganda machine” by Reporters without Borders and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) previously ordered it to register as a foreign agent to combat Chinese propaganda.
FTC Chairman Joseph Simons says he’s fully willing to break up big tech
Simons says it “could be the right remedy to rein in dominant companies and restore competition.”
Google leaker Zach Vorhies delivers trove of data showing Google biases to the Department of Justice
The Google leaks contradict their public testimony and the Vorhies wants the DOJ to know.
Google internal bias leaker Zach Vorhies goes public after “intimidation” from Google
Vorhies previously exposed Google’s biased AI which is used to manipulate the content users see in products such as Google Search.