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Google tries to get antitrust lawsuit dismissed
The Big Tech giant argues it didn’t break antitrust law.
Tech platforms contemplate how to deal with Texas’ anti-censorship law
Will platforms just eventually comply?
Google and Yelp remove business reviews that criticize vaccine passport rules
Both platforms have published disclosures.
Google demands emails and documents of vocal critic
A defensive move.
Yelp moves to normalize vaccine passports
Showing which business are adding to the encroachment on civil liberties.
Yelp to allow users to mark businesses as “racist.” What could possibly go wrong?
At the height of cancel culture.
Google accused of racism for rolling out labels for “black-owned” businesses
Users are wondering whether Google engineers know their history.
Yelp to let users find businesses by the skin-color of the owners, will introduce a “Black-owned” label
When you get so woke, you’re veering towards de facto segregation.
Guns, fitness gear, and groceries are winning in the corona economy
Yelp has released data showing interest in different sectors.
Martial arts gym owners face online mob review bombing for posting joke meme
The internet, being the internet, didn’t need anything else to a start a crusade.
What happens on your iPhone doesn’t stay on your iPhone, new report shows
A new report shows your data leaves your phone even as you sleep.
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.