Tag: Google

August 24, 2022

On Wednesday, an Austrian advocacy group, noyb.eu, filed a complaint with France’s data protection watchdog in which it claimed Google has breached an EU court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to Gmail users’ inboxes. The group argued that […]

August 2, 2022

If someone is pregnant but doesn’t want to be, they might take to the internet to look for abortion providers. It may also be jarring to discover that at least 11% of Google’s abortion-related searches lead to anti-abortion nonprofits. In […]

April 18, 2022

Obstacles are mounting against online-advertising giants, but the pain won’t be spread evenly. Ahead of first-quarter reports coming from the industry’s major players over the next few weeks, Wall Street has taken on a notably cautious tone for the sector. […]

February 9, 2022

Hilary J. Allen isn’t sorry if you find her new book scary. In fact, she’s hoping that Driverless Finance: Fintech’s Impact on Financial Stability can spook enough people to create momentum for change. Allen was involved in the Financial Crisis […]

January 25, 2022

In a statement, Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine’s office said, “Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company could access.” […]

January 21, 2022

When a company uses an influencer or other person to endorse the company’s products, it’s important that endorsement reflects the endorser’s honest opinions, beliefs, or experiences with the products. Of course, in order for that to happen, the endorser must […]

June 9, 2021

Ohio has filed a lawsuit against Google, requesting that the company be legally declared a public utility and common carrier under state law. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in an announcement about the lawsuit that the company “uses its […]

April 5, 2021

Google did not violate copyright law when it copied a portion of Java programming language for use in its Android platform for smartphones, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 6-2 decision. Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote the majority […]

February 25, 2021

Australia has passed a world-first law that will compel Google and Facebook to pay media companies for content on their platforms. The News Media Bargaining Code makes Australia the first nation where the government is able to set the price […]

February 5, 2021

Google has agreed to pay about $3.8 million to settle allegations of systemic compensation and hiring discrimination at California and Washington worksites. More than 5,500 current employees and job applicants will receive payments under a conciliation agreement, according to the […]

December 17, 2020

Ten US states, led by Texas, have filed suit against Google parent Alphabet Inc, accusing it of working with Facebook to unlawfully boost its “monopolistic power” in online advertising. In the lawsuit, which was filed in the Eastern District of […]

December 15, 2020

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Friday that the state of California has filed to join the US Department of Justice in an antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Google. The lawsuit was filed in October by the federal government, and […]

December 3, 2020

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint on Wednesday accusing Google of unlawfully monitoring and questioning employees who were then improperly terminated for protesting against company policies and attempting to organise a union. The suit focuses on the […]

October 20, 2020

The United States Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday morning, kicking off the largest legal challenge the tech giant has ever faced. The case argues that Google uses a network of illegal, exclusionary business deals […]

October 8, 2020

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in cases concerning copyright and personal jurisdiction issues. Google v. Oracle, involves a $9 billion copyright suit. The suit originated several years ago when Google created the mobile software Android using part […]

November 18, 2019

The US Supreme Court granted review for four petitions from its private conference on Friday, including a copyright dispute between Google and Oracle. Google vs Oracle is a copyright case involving computer code. In this case, Google used “prewritten libraries” […]

September 10, 2019

Fifty US states and territories announced an antitrust investigation of Google and its parent company Alphabet Monday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas will be leading the bipartisan investigation, which will focus on Google’s monopoly of online advertising […]

August 7, 2019

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday struck down Google’s $5.5. million settlement over its invasion of privacy of millions of users. Google settled $5.5 million for installing cookies in browsers and not paying users for […]

July 30, 2019

Learning the foundations of SEO and applying them to your company’s website is a huge step in the right direction. However, Google updates and changes its algorithm every few years, and you’ve got to set up your SEO with the […]

August 6, 2018

Before consulting, I made my living as an editor in media. Each job I held taught me the same lesson: Digital growth is not about manipulating tools like search engine optimization (SEO) and social media. It’s about using them to […]