Tag: Google

• Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Brazilian gov't, Google team up to filter hate speech

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Racial Equality (MIR) and Google will develop a filter to prevent hate speech, intolerance, and racism to be disseminated through the internet, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Google and Telegram CEOs under investigation in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday launched an investigation against the heads of Google and Telegram in the country for the alleged disinformation campaign and attacks launched against the so-called fake news bill.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 22:52 UTC

  “How to break your arm”: Google search explodes in Russia after call for reservists

  

  This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the call-up of 300,000 reservists to reinforce positions in Ukraine following a speech by Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, who announced that they will be called up to the army following the partial mobilization that is stirring up the conflict on Ukrainian territory.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:22 UTC

  EU Court confirms antitrust ruling against Google, and a fine of €4.125 billion

  

  The European Union’s General Court on Wednesday confirmed an antitrust ruling against Google’s for dominance of its search engine, but reduced the fine to 4.125 billion Euros (US$ 4.12 billion) from 4.34 billion Euros.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  Google sets eyes on Las Toninas for transoceanic internet cable

  

  Argentina's National Communications Agency (Enacom) has authorized Google Infraestructura Argentina SRL to install a fiber optic system called Firmina through Argentine Sea waters, which “will be the longest in the world” providing internet connectivity.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  Zuckerberg's rebranding strategy sparks controversy

  

  As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week the company would be changing its name to Meta, public perception was quick to establish the decision was a response to a matter of public acceptance hitting record lows and many regarded the move as purely “cosmetic.”

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 05:02 UTC

  Tech companies profits soar to over US$ 50 billion in April/June

  

  Tech companies Apple, Microsoft, and Google owner Alphabet reported on Tuesday combined profits of more than US$ 50 billion in the second quarter of the year. The three companies currently have a combined market value of US$6.4 trillion, more than double their market capitalization when the pandemic started 16 months ago.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 17:33 UTC

  Trump files class action lawsuit against big tech giants and their CEOs

  

  Former US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their CEOs, because of unfairly infringing upon his First Amendment right to free speech as protected by the US constitution.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  YouTube will ban election, alcohol, gambling and prescription drugs ads

  

  Alphabet's YouTube will no longer allow political or election ads in its coveted masthead spot at the top of the site's homepage nor ads for alcohol, gambling and prescription drugs, it said on Monday.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 04:38 UTC

  Google fined €220 million in France to settle abuse of power in online advertising

  

  BLOOMBERG – Google has agreed to pay €220 million and end anti-competitive practices, to settle a French antitrust probe over its abuse of power in online advertising. The French Competition Authority said Google has been unfairly sending business to its advertising server and its online ad auction house, to the detriment of rivals. In addition to the fine, Google promised to remedy the situation by improving the interoperability of its Google Ad Manager services for third parties.