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Tell us how you really feel, Eric. Former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said today at a Wall Street Journal conference that “the context of social networks serving as amplifiers for idiots and crazy people is not what we intended,” reports Bloomberg News. Schmidt said social media’s “excesses” would…

The Justice Department and the attorneys general of 11 states filed an antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday against Google, claiming that the internet giant abused its market power in search and advertising. “Google has maintained its monopoly power through exclusionary practices that are harmful to competition,” Deputy…

YouTube has implemented new measures designed to limit the spread of conspiracy theories on its Google-owned video platform, especially those connected with QAnon. The move follows steps taken by Facebook and Twitter to block QAnon in recent weeks, as well as smaller social players like Triller, Pinterest and Etsy…

CNET is reporting that search engine giant Google has provided police information on users based on keyword searches. Unsealed court documents disclosed the Google actions. The CNET report, published on Saturday, claims law officers requested the company to disclose the IP addresses of everyone who had looked up words…

A House Subcommittee has concluded after a 16-month probe that four tech giants – Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google — are monopolists and wants Congress to change antitrust laws to force the companies to split off businesses or make it harder for them to buy smaller rivals. Basically, the group needs to be reined in…

Google has altered its approach to TV and streaming, merging Chromecast and Android TV into a $50 Google-branded offering featuring a remote control. Chromecast with Google TV is the official new name for the setup, which marks the end of the Android TV brand name, which had been in use since 2014. The new connected…

An innovative YouTube ad campaign from New York's Tribeca Studios and agencies in eight cities around the world are helping push traffic and new viewers to globalgoals.org, the website for the U.N.’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. Tribeca CEO Jane Rosenthal, Google, YouTube and advertising execs presented…

YouTube and Google parent Alphabet has committed $310 million over ten years to diversity and inclusion initiatives to settle a shareholder lawsuit stemming from allegations the company concealed payouts to top male executives accused of sexual harassment. The deal disclosed Friday establishes a DEI (Diversity…

Epic Games, Spotify and a handful of others have launched The Coalition for App fairness, a nonprofit meant to ramp up pressure on Apple over App store charges, transparency and access. Epic, the home of Fortnite, is currently in a legal tussle with Apple in the U.S. and Spotify is fighting them in the EU, targeting…

UPDATED, 6:45 PM: Google today also barred Epic Games from its app store, which caters to Android users. As of late Thursday, neither was allowing the publisher’s uber-popular Fortnite game to be downloaded and installs on devices through their outlets. Epic then also sued Google. Read more about the case below. PREVIO…

Apple became the world’s most valuable company Friday, dethroning state oil giant Saudi Aramco, and Amazon founder-CEO Jeff Bezos saw his net worth surge as stocks jumped following a round of stellar tech earnings. Apple and Amazon (along with Facebook and Google parent Alphabet) all reported second-quarter numbers…

The Australian Government Friday unveiled a draft of the new mandatory code of conduct that would force tech giants Google and Facebook to pay for news on their platforms. The document developed by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission will be open for public review through August 28 and go before…