The Intercept reports that Ecuador will soon withdraw asylum from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been claiming refuge in the country’s London embassy since 2012, citing fears that he will be extradited to the U.S. should he leave. Assange has held Ecuadorian citizenship since December 2017.
Google’s decision to not renew its artificial intelligence contract with the Pentagon “comes awfully close to being un-American,” says Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), chair of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the founder of the House Media Fairness Caucus, says “there is just too much evidence” of censorship against conservatives in Silicon Valley for the Democrats to pretend it is not happening.
President Trump called Google “one of our great companies” on Thursday. He’s wrong.
Google previously rejected a talk by Jordan Peterson for “potentially controversial subject matter.”
Searches for “idiot” on Google Images return pictures of President Trump in the top five results, and heavily throughout the rest of the list.
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.
Executives from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube testified Tuesday in Washington, D.C. before a House Judiciary Committee hearing that their companies support free speech and expression. They further denied their companies’ use of political censorship of their users’ conduct.
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.
The House Judiciary Committee announced Friday that it will hold a hearing on July 17 regarding Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s censorship practices.
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.
