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Following Worker Revolt, Google to End Drone Technology Contract with Pentagon

As Privacy Rules Hit EU, Google and Facebook Hit With $8.8B in Lawsuits

Jake Johnson, staff writer, Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"They totally know that it's going to be a violation, they don't even try to hide it," argued the Austrian privacy activist who filed the complaints

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"Evil Is Fine Now": Google Ditches "Don't Be Evil" in Company Code of Conduct

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Guess the cognitive dissonance between working on drone weapons-targeting...

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A Dozen Google Employees Resign Over Pentagon Drone Contract as 4,000 Workers Demand End to Project

Julia Conley, staff writer

"At some point, I realized I could not in good faith recommend anyone join...

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Robert Mercer (Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Robert Mercer Backed a Secretive Group That Worked With Facebook, Google to Target Anti-Muslim Ads at Swing Voters

Citing 'Don't Be Evil' Motto, 3,000+ Google Employees Demand Company End Work on Pentagon Drone Project

As Facebook Scrutiny Grows, New Campaign Demands Tech Giants Pledge to Build 'Surveillance-Resistant Web'

Tim Berners-Lee

On World Wide Web's 29th Birthday, Its Inventor Warns of Threats to Digital Rights

drone protest

'Don't Be Evil?': Outrage Over Google's Secret Program to Bolster Pentagon's Drone War

A former Google ethicist argues that social media companies have created an "attention economy" aimed at taking up users' times as much as possible, often with negative health effects.

Promoting 'Humane Technology,' Former Facebook Workers Aim to Shield Public from Social Media's Harms

Not Even Orwell or Huxley Imagined 'Totalitarian' Threat of Facebook, Google

Future of Free Speech at Risk as Supreme Court Hears Critical Digital Privacy Case

According to the lawsuit, "Google has discriminated and continues to discriminate against its female employees by systematically paying them lower compensation than Google pays to male employees performing substantially similar under similar working conditions."

Google Sued for 'Systematically' Segregating Women Into Lower-Paying Jobs

"Americans are fed up with monopolies rigging our economy and politics," said Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.).

As Tech Giants Threaten Democracy, Calls Grow for New Anti-Monopoly Movement

"People are so afraid of Google now," said Barry Lynn of Open Markets.

Google Accused of Pushing Think Tank to Squash Critic of Corporate Power

Google Fine Shows EU 'Way Ahead' of US on Reining in Massive Corporations

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Amnesty International - USA

Google’s New Chat Service Shows Total Contempt for Android Users’ Privacy

Citizens Against Monopoly

The Open Markets Team Begins New Chapter Stronger Than Ever

Fight for the Future

Trade Group Representing Google, Facebook, Yahoo, T-Mobile, Sprint, & Netflix, Says That It Does Not Support CISA, Controversial Cyber Bill

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Rasha Abdul Rahim

Why Project Maven Is the Litmus Test For Google’s New Principles

Chris Hedges

Google, Facebook, Algorithms, and the Building of the Iron Wall

George Soros

Internet Monopolies Like Facebook and Google Have Become a Public Menace

Barry Lynn, Kevin Carty

To Address Inequality, Let’s Take on Monopolies

Zephyr Teachout

Google Is Coming After Critics in Academia and Journalism. It’s Time To Stop Them

Mel Gurtov

Manipulating Reality: Facebook Is Listening to You

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