August 21, 2019 Fake news can lead to false memories, new study claims Voters could form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories if those articles align with their existing political beliefs, according to newly released results of a 2018 study.
August 21, 2019 YouTube pressured to kick Chinese state media ads off platform over misinformation YouTube users are pressuring the video platform to take down advertisements for China Central Television (CCTV), a state media channel accused of spreading misinformation about pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
August 21, 2019 Rep. Matt Gaetz: Google's information dominance is dangerous especially when it comes to voters f Google search benefits one political party, or promotes one set of beliefs over another, Google is no longer a distributor of news — they are a publisher.
August 19, 2019 Hillary Clinton slams Trump for sharing 'debunked study' that Google manipulated 'millions' of 2016 votes Hillary Clinton blasted President Trump for tweeting about what she described as a "debunked study" that suggests "millions" of voters in 2016 were manipulated in her favor by Google.
August 17, 2019 CBP Commissioner blasts Google employees' 'irresponsible' petition against agency Google employees were "absolutely irresponsible" in pushing a petition criticizing certain immigration agenices and urging the company to stop working with them, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Mark Morgan said on Saturday.
August 16, 2019 Google employee describes 'burden of being black' at tech giant in memo: report A departing Google employee has described the “the burden of being black” at the tech giant in an internal memo that alleges racist and insensitive behavior from some employees the company.
August 14, 2019 Hundreds of Google employees say they won't be 'complicit' in cloud computing work with Customs and Border Protection More than 590 Google employees are refusing to "be complicit" in any potential cloud computing work the tech giant might do for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
August 13, 2019 FTC chief willing to break up Big Tech The head of the Federal Trade Commission said he's prepared to break up tech companies by undoing past mergers as the agency probes whether the firms are hurting competition.
August 9, 2019 Josh Hawley: Tech giants have a business model based on 'taking stuff from us' Social media giants like Facebook make their money off of taking Americans' personal information and should come under greater scrutiny, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., argued.
August 9, 2019 Peter Thiel on Twitter freezing Mitch McConnell campaign account: Republicans right to be suspicious Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel said Friday on "Fox & Friends" that conservatives are right to be suspicious of bias by Google and social media companies since the big tech firms operate as "totalitarian, one-party states."
