June 12, 2019 DOJ antitrust chief warns Big Tech that low prices or free products won't protect them The Justice Department's assistant attorney general highlighted the antitrust case against Silicon Valley's major players during a Tuesday speech.
June 12, 2019 'Deepfake' clip of Mark Zuckerberg circulating on Instagram amid concerns Facebook doesn't combat disinformation A doctored video of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is being circulated amid criticism that the tech giant isn’t doing enough to combat disinformation.
June 11, 2019 Lawmakers and journalism groups blast big tech for sending news industry into 'economic freefall' The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard testimony from a number of media activists and journalists about the harmful impact that tech giants like Google and Facebook are having on new organizations, news content and online advertisers.
June 11, 2019 Big Tech is destroying America’s press industry, warn lawmakers and journalists Big Tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple are destroying the economic model that underpins the U.S. press industry, warn lawmakers and journalists.
June 11, 2019 Why is Nancy Pelosi ignoring Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg? Has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unfriended Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg?
June 11, 2019 Social media contributes to radicalization, top Twitter exec says Social media platforms can help radicalize people, according to one of Twitter's top policy executives.
June 10, 2019 Organizer of #GoogleWalkout quits alleging retaliation by the tech giant One of the lead organizers of #GoogleWalkout, the internal employee rebellion that's been causing a headache for the tech giant since last year and led to 20,000-plus employees walking out in protest, has resigned after alleging the company retaliated against her.
June 10, 2019 #IAmHere on Facebook: How thousands of users combat hate speech on the social network A network of users is waging battle against hate speech on Facebook.
June 10, 2019 Google CEO defends YouTube amid hate speech controversies: 'It's a hard societal problem' Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company's efforts to cleanse YouTube of hate speech and misinformation as growing controversies continue to roil the popular video-sharing platform.
June 10, 2019 Judge rules lawsuit accusing Google of bias against conservatives can proceed A judge has ruled that a class-action lawsuit filed by two former Google employees claiming discrimination on the basis of gender, race and political bias can move forward, and an attorney representing the plaintiffs told "Fox & Friends" hosts that Google has been making every effort to impede the case.