Culture
Google, TikTok block ads for family-friendly Christian video gamesA Christian gaming company is asking Congress to review Google’s and TikTok’s advertising policies after the tech companies repeatedly rejected the firm’s family-friendly content ads, a move it says threatens… Read More
Government
‘I’ve changed my mind’ – Rand Paul does major about-face on Google(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul pivoted his stance on Google and YouTube on Monday, writing “YouTube and its parent company Google deserves to be sued,”… Read More
Government
Google says Biden admin ‘pressed’ it to censor some COVID-19 content(The Center Square) – Senior Biden administration officials pressured Google to remove COVID-19-related content that did not violate YouTube’s policies but the administration considered alarming, new information reveals. Following a… Read More
Courts
Google loses another antitrust case as latest trial over its search monopoly gets underwayA federal district judge ruled on Thursday against technology giant Google in a major antitrust case involving its ad business. The case may have major implications for the company, which… Read More
Government
Ted Cruz, Jim Jordan ramp up pressure on Google parent company to deal with censorship(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan are turning their attention to Google over concerns that the tech giant is censoring… Read More
Politics
Harris campaign caught pushing fake news headlines in Americans’ Google searches(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has been caught editing various outlets’ headlines to appear in Americans’ Google searches as sponsored ads, according to an Axios… Read More
Courts
Google runs a monopoly with its search engine, judge rules(The Center Square) – Google is a monopolist, according to a federal judge who said the technology giant violated anti-trust laws in connection to its search engine. U.S. District Court… Read More
Courts
Judge: Google runs a monopoly with its search engine(The Center Square) – Google is a monopolist, according to a federal judge who said the technology giant violated anti-trust laws in connection to its search engine. U.S. District Court… Read More
Culture
Google criticized for apparent censorship of Trump assassination attempt in search feature(Daily Callers News Foundation) – Google faced backlash Sunday for the apparent censorship of the assassination attempt against 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump from the search engine’s “autocomplete” feature. Read More
Elections
Study: Google interfered in U.S. elections 41 times since 2008(The Sentinel) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can find some common ground as a study reveals each of their presidential campaigns… Read More
Courts
Black, deaf woman sues Google for ‘using’ her for DEI optics(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The first black, deaf woman to work at Google sued the company for “using” her to fulfill their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) quota. Jalon… Read More
Opinion
Google’s woke Gemini AI underscores threat of Big Tech information gatekeepers(The Daily Signal) – Google is having a Bud Light moment. If you’ve spent any time online—especially on social media—in the past week, you’ve probably noticed the… Read More
Opinion
Google AI’s recent debacle draws stark comparison to public education’s own ‘racial justice’ algorithm(The Daily Signal) – “Happy Days” thought they had a great idea for juicing ratings back in 1977, featuring an episode where “the Fonz” jumped a real-life shark on water… Read More
Big Tech
Forty states win $391.5M privacy suit against Google over location data sold to advertisers(The Center Square) — Forty states won a combined $391.5 million settlement with Google over location tracking practices. The group of attorneys general filed the complaint after… Read More
Culture
VA’s Miyares urges Google not to censor crisis pregnancy centers(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wants Google not to censor crisis pregnancy centers in search results in a pushback against Democratic lawmakers who have condemned them… Read More
National, State Government
Indiana AG Todd Rokita taking on Big Tech, BLM and Biden’s immigration policies in courtIndiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has mounted a bevy of lawsuits bolstering conservative priorities during his tenure, quickly launching him as a rising star for the Republican Party. … Read More
National
Hawley: Gmail and Biden’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ try to chill GOP, conservative speech this electionGmail is already using “loaded dice” to favor Democrat candidates, he says. And now the Biden administration is creating an election-year “Disinformation Governance Board,” which Missouri Sen. Josh… Read More
Public Education
Google to invest $300 million in Virginia, joins education partnership(The Center Square) – Google has pledged to invest about $300 million into Virginia and joined a computer science partnership with Virginia’s K-12 public school system, community colleges and higher… Read More
National
Republicans debate breaking up big tech after Trump’s Facebook suspension(The Center Square) – Many Republicans in Congress have reignited their calls to break up the big tech companies after Facebook announced last week they would maintain the suspension of… Read More
National
Facebook sticks with Trump suspension for now, sets future decision date(The Center Square) – Facebook announced Wednesday that the social media company would keep in place its suspension on former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. The decision came… Read More