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Google previously rejected a talk by Jordan Peterson for “potentially controversial subject matter.”

The European Union has fined Google $5 billion for “denying rivals a chance to innovate” through its Android operating system.

AFP — Google faced a record EU anti-trust fine of 4.3 billion euros on Wednesday over its Android smartphone system, in a ruling that risks a fresh clash between Brussels and Washington. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to

During a hearing relating to censorship on social media platforms, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee repeatedly denied the existence of any social media censorship and attempted to turn the hearing towards talk of Russian election interference.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) criticized Google for relying on unreliable, potentially biased information from Wikipedia at the top of their search results.

Lawmakers hold a second hearing into social media censorship Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Representatives from major tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter are set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on July 17.

Former Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work slammed Google employees at a recent defense conference, saying their refusal to work with the Pentagon but still work with China is creating an “enormous moral hazard to themselves.”

The House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to Google and Apple on Monday, expressing concern over the treatment of user privacy at both companies.

Lime, an electric scooter company aimed at adults, has received $335 million in investments from Google and Uber, and the ride-sharing giant will the scooter’s rental into its app.

YouTube plans to “prominently surface authoritative sources” for its users.

Rep. Rokita warned that Google has “vast insight and influence into American consumers’ internet activities.”

The latest Subsidy Tracker reveals that some of the most prominent Silicon Valley tech corporations enjoy $840 billion in government subsidies.

Even the bible of Never Trump conservatives is unwelcome at Google.

Google’s failure to enter a consortium of advertising technology companies has ruined the group’s attempts to comply with new EU GDPR privacy laws.

In a recently published article, the Wall Street Journal outlined how Google still allows developers to scan the Gmail accounts of its users — including having employees read unredacted emails — despite promises to stop this practice.

The Norwegian Consumer Council has analyzed how Facebook and Google convince users to share more of their personal data in a new report.

The prank further exposes Google’s dependence on Wikipedia for “reliable” information.

The campaign against the spread of “misinformation” on social media is a partisan lie. TIME’s fake-news cover proves it.

Google engineers refused to make a tool which would win the company military contracts, according to a report.

A revenge porn bill in New York State, which would have made the distribution of revenge porn punishable by up to a year in prison, was reportedly defeated by Google.

Ride-sharing company Uber reportedly increased the number of self-driving car crash simulations following a fatal accident involving one of their self-driving cars that saw one woman killed.

Billionaire CEO’s from across Silicon Valley have long been critical of President Trump’s immigration policies, now with the latest immigration debate becoming a hot topic, many are directly funding opposition to the administration.

Google Maps has removed a feature which allowed users to order an Uber ride to their location directly from the Google Maps app.

In 2015, Google bought the London-based AI company, DeepMind, for a reported $400,000,000. At the time, shareholders were promised that DeepMind would provide ethical oversight. So should we stop worrying?

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said the technology industry’s problems “are out of control,” before warning that no company is too big to regulate, in an article for Fox News, Tuesday.

Google’s latest diversity report, released last Thursday, shows the Internet giant is continuing to struggle with its aim of diversifying its workforce, and has seen a mere 0.1 percent increase in the number of female, black and “Latinx” — Latino and Latina — employees.

President Donald Trump told reporters a 25 percent tariffs on Chinese technology goods will help Silicon Valley, but a top industry trade group that represents Google and other companies says Trump’s tariffs will hurt profits.

China’s state media expressed concern over growing “nationalism” by “a few Vietnamese radicals” Tuesday after a weekend of anti-Chinese protests swept the nation.

“The pervasiveness of the largest digital platforms makes Standard Oil look like a corner gas station” said the CEO.

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.

The last generation of conservatives spoke of a “Silent Majority.” Today there exists a “Silenced Majority” whose views are not represented — indeed, are not welcome — in powerful institutions like the mainstream media and elite college campuses.

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.

Google promised that their artificial intelligence would not be used for weaponry, following criticism over their contract with the Pentagon.