criticism of google
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Google Fires More Workers Behind Israel Sit-Ins as War Protests Engulf the Nation
Google fired at least 20 more employees on Monday evening related to the April 16 sit-in protests of the company’s cloud computing contracts with Israel, No Tech For Apartheid organizers tell Gizmodo. Google confirmed the additional firings in a statement, noting the company has concluded its investigation of the sit-in. In total, 48 Google employees…
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Sundar Pichai Defends Google Paying Billions to Remain Top Search Engine
Google CEO Sundar Pichai upheld the company’s decision to pay out billions of dollars to remain the top global search engine at the U.S. anti-trust trial on Monday, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Pichai claimed he tried to give users a “seamless and easy” experience, even if it meant paying Apple…
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EU Mounts New Antitrust Assault to Break Up Google’s Ad Business
Google was hit with a new antitrust complaint Wednesday, fresh from EU regulators who say the search giant may need to sell part of its online advertising empire. The formal statement of objections ratchets up pressure as Google contends with two other antitrust cases in the US over the same issue, one from the federal…
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YouTuber Hit With Ungodly Number of Anime Copyright Strikes Gets a Win for Everyone
In a new video, Mark Fitzpatrick of the anime YouTube channel Totally Not Mark revealed he not only won a battle in his copyright strike war with Toei Animation but also influenced YouTube to create a new copyright rule for content creators. The new YouTube rule allows for flexibility among international copyright laws where a…