September 9, 2019 Texas leads charge against Google in massive antitrust probe Less than two months after the Justice Department initiated a wide-ranging antitrust review of big tech companies, 50 U.S. states and territories, led by Texas, Monday announced their own investigation into Google's "potential monopolistic behavior."
September 6, 2019 Google hits back at critics amid antitrust investigations A top Google executive defended the company's business practices amid a range of ongoing federal and state probes of the tech giant.
September 6, 2019 Facebook targeted in antitrust probe led by New York Attorney General New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in an antitrust investigation into Facebook for alleged antitrust activity.
September 5, 2019 Google woes: Antitrust concerns, YouTube fine and corporate culture clashes keep tech giant on the hot seat Is Google's reign as the benevolent king of Silicon Valley coming to an end?
September 5, 2019 Activists demand facial recognition ban for law enforcement in major new push A coalition of activist groups representing more than 15 million combined members is pushing for a federal ban on law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology.
September 4, 2019 Ex-Google employee alleging pregnancy discrimination moves forward with claim A Google employee whose memo alleging discrimination against pregnant women went viral is moving forward with her claim against the company.
September 4, 2019 YouTube to pay massive $170M fine as it settles claims it violated children's privacy laws Google-owned YouTube has settled with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General, offering to pay a fine of $170 million on allegations that it violated children's privacy laws.
September 3, 2019 Google targeted in new antitrust probe by state attorneys general More than half of America's state attorneys general are set to announce a new probe into Google over possible antitrust violations in a huge escalation against Big Tech.
September 3, 2019 Amazon's Ring gave police statistics about users who refused law enforcement requests Ring, the home security company owned by Amazon, tracked how users responded to law enforcement requests for footage captured by its doorbell video devices and gave overviews to police departments when requested to do so.
September 3, 2019 YouTube removed 17,000 channels, 500 million comments under new hateful conduct policy YouTube has removed more than 17,000 channels and 100,000 videos, along with at least 500 million comments, since the company announced a broad crackdown on hate speech in June.
