France

French watchdog fines Google and Amazon over their policies on cookies

The National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) said both American tech companies automatically place cookies — advertising trackers — on users' computers without asking for consent.

10/12/2020

France

France resumes tax on tech giants, seeks deal with US

The tax brought about €400 million to the French budget last year, but the government agreed to suspend it in 2020, in exchange for an American promise to drop the tariff threat pending talks on an international deal on taxing online companies.

26/11/2020

Earth News

From sheep in Paris to goats at Google: The best eco lawn mowers

Why use petrol-powered tools when there are such adorable and environmentally friendly alternatives?

23/11/2020

The Cube

Tech giants give insight into how US election is being fought online

It helps highlight which subjects most interest Americans online and how both candidates have spent their online campaign budgets.

03/11/2020

The Cube

CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter grilled on content moderation

The leaders of US tech giants faced strong criticism from US senators on Wednesday over the way they moderate content on their platforms.

28/10/2020

Italy

ItalY investigates Google over advertising market abuse

Italian regulators have opened an investigation into Google over alleged abuse of its dominant role in the country's online ad market.

28/10/2020

France

Google must negotiate pay with French publishers for content - court

Google must negotiate pay with publishers for content they reshare online in search results, the Paris Court of Appeal has ruled, confirming a decision by the country's competition authority.

08/10/2020

Australia

Australia to amend law making Facebook and Google pay for news

Draft legislation may be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remains fundamentally unchanged.

17/09/2020

Italy

Italy launches antitrust investigation into Apple, Google, and Dropbox

The probe will examine alleged unfair commercial practices and possible undue influence towards consumers.

07/09/2020

Australia

Facebook threatens to stop news sharing in Australia over proposed law

Facebook said it would block publishers and people from sharing news content over proposed legislation in Australia that would have them pay for news.

01/09/2020

World News

EU investigators launch probe into Google's plan to takeover Fitbit

Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is leading the way and says the probe will look into whether the potential acquisition could "distort competition".

04/08/2020

Belgium

Commission must block Google's merger with Fitbit: data protection NGO

Privacy International, the European Consumer Organisation and some US lawmakers have raised concerns about Google's access to sensitive health data if it acquires Fitbit.

17/06/2020

The Cube

Did Google really delete Churchill's photo during protests?

Fact-check: Did Google really delete Churchill's photo during protests? | #TheCube

16/06/2020

Earth News

Google and WWF use artificial intelligence to revolutionise fashion

With WWF's environmental know-how and Google AI, the platform will help brands to make sustainable decisions.

11/06/2020

World News

Apple and Google to harness phones for coronavirus infection tracking

Apple and Google to harness phones for coronavirus infection tracking

10/04/2020

USA

Apple and Google say they'll work together to trace spread of coronavirus via smartphones

New tools could enable people and health authorities to track the virus using bluetooth proximity data from their smartphones.

10/04/2020

USA

Ex-Google engineer pleads guilty to stealing secret files

Self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski was charged with stealing documents containing trade secrets.

20/03/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Privacy is overrated. It’s time Big Tech made the positive case for harvesting our data ǀ View

There are lots of people telling us how concerned we should be about giving up our data - but almost no one can tell us exactly why. And even fewer people are reminding us that privacy is a small price to pay for what tech platforms have created for our lives, economies and societies.

27/02/2020

Luxembourg

Google takes appeal against €2.4bn fine to European Court of Justice

The European Court of Justice is hearing Google's appeal over a 2017 sanction for anti-competitive behaviour.

14/02/2020

Europe News

Tech giants are serious about lobbying in Brussels

Data protection, copy right, and digital tax. As the EU tries to regulate internet sectors big American companies boost their lobbying in the European capital

14/01/2020