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Prosecutors Used the CLOUD Act to Force Google to Hand Over Michael Cohen’s Gmail, Google Drive and Contacts Data
Under the CLOUD Act, investigators were able to obtain a warrant which gave them access to the emails, contact, and files Cohen had stored in his Google account.
Laura Loomer and Freedom Watch’s Lawsuit Against Big Tech Has Been Dismissed by a Court
Her lawsuit named Twitter, along with Google, Facebook, and Apple, as conspiring in unconstitutional suppression of speech
YouTube Has Disabled Some of Its Search Filtering Tools Following New Zealand Mass Shootings
YouTube confirmed on Reddit that some of the search sorting features have been temporarily disabled as part of its efforts to better respond to, review, and remove graphic content from YouTube.
Deleting Video Content About Violent Events Can Often Put More People in Danger, EFF Warns
Often, actually deleting violent content can suppress the freedom of speech and expression of those most in need of such rights.
Google Is About to Face Its Third Antitrust Fine Next Week – Its Adsense Monopoly Is to Blame for This One
The European Union opened its third case against Google based on an accusation which stated that Google prevented the third parties using Adsense from using any products related to Google’s competitors.
Article 13’s Main Supporter Axel Voss Suggests YouTube May Not Have the Right to Exist
Voss said we have to think about whether YouTube and other platforms which give people access to copyright-protected works should exist.
Google Is Accused of Paying for Fake News Campaigns to Influence Policy in Washington
For the past two years the company has been America’s biggest lobbying spender, with a record $21 million used towards this end last year alone.
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Gmail and iCloud All Went Down Within 24 Hours
There have been multiple outages that shook the internet and made people question the security and reliability of the tech giants.
Twitter Tests Hiding Like and Retweet Numbers in an Attempt to Hide Negative Feedback
Twitter is testing a new feature which hides likes and retweet numbers on replies in its public beta testing app Twttr. If the test are successful, this feature could be integrated into the main Twitter app.
Google Is Building “Shadow Profiles” of Its Users, Tech Company Oracle Claims
Google – that started off as an internet search company, but is now often accused of making its billions by tracking users’ activities and then making this data available to “3rd party” advertisers – has recently been under fire at home as well.
Google Just Added DuckDuckGo as a Default Search Engine in Its Chromium Engine
From now on, DuckDuckGo can be used as a search engine in the Chrome browser in over 60 markets.
Angry at YouTube, a Man Drives Cross Country With Baseball Bats to Attack Google HQ
A dispute with Google over a shutdown of a YouTube channel has led to the arrest of 33-year-old Kyle Long on Sunday.
