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YouTube chief proposes “positive discrimination” of “authoritative sources” like CNN over indie creators
YouTube appears to be turning its back on the users that built the platform.
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is working to break it up
Hughes is working with a group of academics to tackle Facebook’s monopoly.
Australia sets up a new antitrust branch to monitor Facebook and Google
The branch will eventually span out to monitoring other platforms. They’re starting with what they see as the worst offenders – FB and Google.
Facebook’s FTC fine lets it off for all past privacy violations – even those never made public
When all things are considered a $5 billion fine isn’t such a big deal.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to be held personally responsible for all future privacy violations
Zuckerberg agreed to the terms as part of a new settlement with the FTC.
Facebook and Amazon lobbying reach new heights amidst big tech criticism
Facebook is being criticized for Libra and Amazon wants to with a big government cloud project.
Patent suggests Google could be developing a voice search engine for children
This follows the Google subsidiary Verily launching a creepy smart diaper with Pampers which tracks soiled diapers, sleep patterns, and more last week.
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google to face antitrust scrutiny starting tomorrow
Tech companies are increasingly facing antitrust criticism and the hearings are about to kick off this week.
Amazon Prime Day is a bonanza of privacy-invasion and surveillance hardware
Prime Day is a time of the year where these smart devices sell like hotcakes.
FTC approves Facebook fine of one month’s revenue in privacy settlement
The fine is related to an investigation around the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai fails to answer question about anti-conservative bias
Instead he passed the question on to VP of public policy, Kent Walker.
The FTC is investigating YouTube for child privacy law violations
YouTube is reportedly considering changing its algorithm and moving children’s content to the YouTube Kids app as a result of this FTC probe.