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Adam Ford, the creator of Christian satire website the Babylon Bee, published an article warning against the power of Big Tech, explaining how a “small group” of anti-conservatives who control social media nearly destroyed his business.

Technology investor and former mentor to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Roger McNamee says consumers should not be given the ability to decide what is fake news, arguing that “leaving it to the audience to make those picks is how we got here,” during an event on free speech, “misinformation”, and the need for transparency.

Google will be adding words like “gun-grips” and “scopes and sights” to its list of prohibited AdWords later this month.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Friday that social media companies need regulation regarding their privacy practices as well as censorship of conservative and alternative voices on the Internet.

A Thursday report from Axios revealed that Google is facing billions in EU antitrust fines.

Google has removed the image of an egg from their salad emoji in an effort to make it vegan and promote “inclusion and diversity.”

Congress is currently looking into Google’s partnership with Chinese company Huawei, which has been identified as a security risk by six intelligence agencies, according to a report.

Google will not renew their artificial intelligence contract with the Pentagon, following both internal and external complaints, according to a report.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the successor to Raul Castro, on Monday to discuss Internet infrastructure on the communist island.

U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) enjoyed a “friendly meeting” with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Monday, praising his “fluent” understanding of internet issues as an engineer. The meeting was the first with an American government guest since taking office for Díaz-Canel, who remains subordinate to the country’s leader, dictator Raúl Castro.

The state of Washington has sued Silicon Valley giants Facebook and Google over alleged violations of state campaign finance laws.

The Internet was riled this week when users began noticing that a woman posted a video to Google Maps featuring the unexpected topography of her naked breast.

Days after a story which showed it displayed “Neo-Nazism” next to search results for the California Republican Party, Vice has discovered that Google also displayed an image labeled “BIGOT” next to searches for North Carolina State Senator Trudy Wade.

While speaking with Hugh Hewitt on MSNBC on Saturday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reacted to Google listing Nazism as an ideology of the California Republican Party by stating that “the bias has to stop.” And “individuals need to

Tech giant Google was, until Friday, slated to host a major fundraising event for a group aiming to “help recruit and support young diverse progressives to run for down-ballot races” at its luxurious downtown Washington, DC, offices next week.

A new column the Wall Street Journal argues that companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are heading towards monopoly status in their respective industries.

Google blamed “vandalism” at Wikipedia over inaccurate search results on Google, which claimed the California GOP promotes Nazism, however Google failed to note that they prioritize results from Wikipedia as an authoritative source of information.

Noted psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein appeared on Breitbart News Daily on Thursday to argue that laws and regulations are insufficient with regards to restricting overreach by social media companies.

Wired magazine has weighed in on the “Google labels Republicans Nazis” controversy by pointing out that the tech giant relies on Wikipedia as an authoritative source of information, though it is inaccurate and easily manipulated.

Google briefly listed “Nazism” as an official ideology of the California Republican Party, due to the search engine’s dependence on unreliable information from Wikipedia.

Dr. Robert Epstein Reveals the Three Big Threats from Google, Facebook

London’s Evening Standard newspaper sold favorable coverage to a number of companies, including tech giants Google and Uber, according to a report published by the watchdog group openDemocracy.

In an article on Wednesday, the New York Times revealed how Google’s contract with the Pentagon created an identity crisis at the company, and how Google Cloud’s Chief Scientist for A.I. Fei-Fei Li warned colleagues against mentioning weaponized artificial intelligence to the press and public.

New York Times contributor Nitsuh Abebe explained in a recent column how social media is hurting political discourse in America.

Tech companies Google, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have been hit with threats of huge fines only a few short days after new EU data laws came into effect.

Voters in two tech-heavy Silicon Valley cities will have the chance to vote in November on drastically spiking business taxation by charging a new per-employee tax.

Facebook and Google face lawsuits of up to $8.8 billion on the first day of new GDPR EU data laws, according to a report.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed conservative Christians are being routinely silenced on social media during a speech this month to the Council of National Policy, concluding “no conservative group is safe.”

YouTube has reportedly begun testing a new subscription algorithm that would see content displayed in a non-chronological order, giving YouTube greater control over the content that users see.

YouTube has terminated the account of popular anti-SJW content creator Bearing.

The names of rape victims, who are entitled to anonymity under British law, were reportedly exposed through a bug on Google Search.

Facebook and Google have been presented with a plan to ensure real transparency. Will they take it?

Tech giant Google has officially removed the long-time company motto of “Don’t be evil” from its code of conduct.

Google has claimed that a recent antitrust ruling in India would do “irreparable harm” to the company.

A leaked internal video from Google portrays the company’s vision of “total data collection.”

Approximately a dozen Google employees have reportedly quit the company in protest over a new drone contract that Google signed with the Pentagon.