Google Hit With 2nd Antitrust Suit, Alleging Illegal Monopoly In Online Ads Ten state attorneys general accuse the tech giant of abusing its power to manipulate the digital ad market and crush competitors. Shannon Bond
Google Illegally Fired And Spied On Workers Who Tried To Organize, Labor Agency Says The National Labor Relations Board accused the tech giant of violating federal law when it fired two employees involved in worker organizing last year. Shannon Bond
Have you been exposed to the coronavirus? There's an app for that in Washington Washington state on Monday launched a coronavirus exposure alert tool for smartphone users statewide. Washington joined more than a dozen other states... Tom Banse
Days Before Election, Tech CEOs Defend Themselves From GOP Claims Of Censorship The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter and Google face skepticism from a Senate committee over their decisions about what content to allow and what to take down from their platforms. Shannon Bond
Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify To Senate: What To Watch For Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Google's Sundar Pichai go before the Senate Commerce Committee to defend Section 230, a law that protects them from lawsuits over users' posts. Bobby Allyn
Google Paid Apple Billions To Dominate Search On iPhones, Justice Department Says An agreement worth up to $12 billion made Google the de facto choice for online search on millions of iPhones. Justice officials say the deal may anticompetitive under U.S. law. Bobby Allyn
Google Abuses Its Monopoly Power Over Search, Justice Department Says In Lawsuit The antitrust lawsuit against Google is the most significant action the federal government has taken against a technology company in two decades. Google calls the lawsuit "deeply flawed." Shannon Bond
Google To Halt Political Ads After Polls Close, Amid Worries Over Delayed Results The tech giant will not allow election-related ads in Search, on YouTube or any of its other properties, citing the likelihood of delayed election results. Shannon Bond
Google Will Block Its Autocomplete Suggestions For Some Election-Related Searches The company said its new policy would eliminate search predictions that could be seen as favoring a political candidate or as making claims about "the integrity or legitimacy of electoral processes." Jason Slotkin
Fortnite Fight: CEO Explains Why He Launched War Against Apple, Google The Epic Games CEO tells NPR that the tech titans are abusing their power and exploiting developers by demanding a 30% cut of every app purchase made on a smartphone or tablet. Bobby Allyn
