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Barr blasts tech giants for dodging liability for harmful online content

U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr questions whether it’s time for changes to federal law that shields companies such as Facebook and Google......»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 19th, 2020

Just how long do employees stay at Apple, Tesla, Facebook, Netflix and Google?

Tech workers in the Bay Area have plenty of choices about where they work, from startups and companies gaining ground to long-established tech giants. Having so many options seems to show in how long employees typically stay at companies, too, since the.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 13th, 2018

Did Big Tech Get Too Big? U.S. Crackdown Seeks Answer

The rise of global technology superstars Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google created new challenges for the competition watchdogs who enforce antitrust laws. The companies dominate markets in e-commerce and smartphones, search advertising and.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 20th, 2021

Big tech CEOs face lawmakers in House hearing on social media’s role in extremism, misinformation

Lawmakers interrogate the chief executive officers of Google, Facebook and Twitter on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation......»»

Category: worldSource: nytMar 25th, 2021

Live updates: Big tech CEOs face Congress in House hearing on social media’s role in extremism, misinformation

Live updates as lawmakers interrogate the chief executive officers of Google, Facebook and Twitter on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation......»»

Category: topSource: washpostMar 25th, 2021

Live updates: Big tech CEOs back in Congress, facing questions on how social media promotes extremism and misinformation

Lawmakers are interrogating the chief executive officers of Google, Facebook and Twitter on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation......»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMar 25th, 2021

Gatekeepers: These tech firms control what’s allowed online

Moderating content isn’t just something Facebook, Google and Twitter do. There’s a whole “stack” of companies that run the Internet — and are under pressure to exert control......»»

Category: topSource: washpostMar 24th, 2021

Microsoft allies with European publishers to push for "Australian-style" laws on news content, pitting itself against Facebook and Google

Australia is preparing to force Big Tech companies to pay publishers for hosting news content - the EU has shown appetite for a similar law. Microsoft president Brad Smith. REUTERS/Lindsey Wa.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 23rd, 2021

Trade groups file suit challenging Maryland"s new digital ad tax

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and trade groups representing large tech companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google have filed a lawsuit seeking to kill Maryland's first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising. The groups claim the law enacted by the .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 18th, 2021

The Wall Street Journal: Microsoft urges U.S. to make tech giants pay for news content

Microsoft Corp. said the U.S. should copy Australia’s controversial proposal that tech companies pay newspapers for content — putting it at odds with Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 12th, 2021

: Europe greets Biden’s inauguration with relief and muted hopes

The EU and the U.S. may not agree on how to deal with and regulate the power and influence of big U.S. tech companies such as Facebook or Google......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJan 20th, 2021

The Biden administration will continue to scrutinize big tech companies including Google, Apple, and Facebook, according to the DOJ"s antitrust chief

Google, Apple, and Facebook will remain under.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 14th, 2021

What if they don’t come back? Apartment owners wary of remote workforce

News that tech giants including Twitter, Google and Facebook plan to let their employees work from home indefinitely has New York apartment owners nervous. Since the city instituted a compulsory coronavirus shutdown, property owner.....»»

Category: realestateSource: realestateweeklyMay 14th, 2020

Here"s when tech companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon plan to reopen their offices or keep working from home (MSFT, AAPL, FB, GOOG, AMZN, TWTR)

REUTERS/File Photos Tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon have announced plans — w.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 12th, 2020

Here"s when tech companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon plan to reopen their offices or keep working from home (MSFT, AAPL, FB, GOOG, AMZN)

REUTERS/File Photos Tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon have announced plans — with varying degrees of specificity — outlining how employees might.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 8th, 2020

How will the pandemic affect big tech? Eric Schmidt has encouraging words for Silicon Valley

At the start of 2020, giant technology companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter were under assault and faced calls that several of them should be broken up. Then came the deadly, global spread of a coronavirus that has upended society and busin.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 8th, 2020

Facebook, Google and Twitter struggle to handle November’s election

Facebook, Twitter, Google and other big tech companies have spent .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 30th, 2020

Sources: Unlike other tech giants, Apple hasn"t committed to paying vendors during coronavirus pandemic

Unlike Facebook and Google, Apple has not committed to paying third-party vendors who lose work as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, sources tell the Business Journal......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 20th, 2020

Google, Facebook, and other tech companies are reportedly in talks with the US government to use your location data to stop the coronavirus — and to see if social distancing is really working

Bing Google, Facebook, and other major tech companies are reportedly in talks with the US government to aggregate people's location data to help track .....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytMar 17th, 2020

White House to meet Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple on coronavirus

The White House will host a meeting Wednesday with Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and other tech companies to coordinate responses to the growing coronavirus outbreak......»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMar 11th, 2020