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Despite Trump's Threats of Retaliatory Tariffs, France Passes 'Pioneering' Tax on Tech Giants

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Warning of 'Surveillance Capitalism' Nightmare, Big Tech Investor-Turned-Critic Pushes Toronto to Abandon 'Smart City' Waterfront Development

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Quayside

"It is a dystopian vision that has no place in a democratic society."

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Ocasio-Cortez Ties Concerns Over Unregulated Facial Recognition Technology to 'Global Rise in Authoritarianism and Fascism'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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House Democrats discussed the need for federal rules amid concerns about...

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'Worker Power Wins': Google Scraps Controversial AI Ethics Board After Widespread Outrage

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Employees, tech experts, and the public protested the appointments of The...

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Kay Coles James

Google Urged to Boot 'Anti-LGBTQ and Anti-Immigrant' Right-Winger From AI Ethics Council

European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager

Calls for Breaking Up Tech Giants Grow Louder After EU Hits Google With $1.7 Billion Antitrust Fine

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Elizabeth Warren Praised for Plan to Break Up Tech Giants

To Save US Journalism, 'Ambitious' Proposal Urges Tax on Tech Giants That Helped Destroy News Industry

Mark Zuckerberg

As UK Lawmakers Call Out Facebook Execs as 'Digital Gangsters,' New Zealand Moves to Tax Tech Giants

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France Hits Google With $57 Million Fine for Violating EU's New Consumer Privacy Rules

Werner Vogels, chief technology officer and vice president of Amazon

With Facial Recognition Technology at 'Crossroads,' 90 Groups Urge Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Not to Collude With Big Brother

Ted Lieu

'If You Don't Want Negative Search Results, Don't Do Negative Things,' Ted Lieu Tells GOP During Google Hearing

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Human Rights Groups Blast Google for 'Actively Aiding China's Censorship and Surveillance Regime'

No Other Choice, Says Web Pioneer Tim Berners-Lee: Tech Giants Like Google and Facebook Must Be Broken Up

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#GoogleWalkout: Workers Worldwide Leave Their Desks to Demand End to Sexual Harassment and Inequity

Corporate Tech Giants Invited, But Consumer Advocacy Groups Shut Out of Senate Hearing on Data Privacy

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Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood

Apps Which Google Rates as Safe for Kids Violate Their Privacy and Expose Them to Other Harms

Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty Welcomes Reports of an End to Dragonfly

Amnesty International - USA

Open Letter Urges Google Not to Capitulate on Human Rights to Gain Access to China

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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Robert Reich

Why We Need to Break Up Big Tech

Ryan Cooper

How to Stop Google and Facebook From Strangling Journalism

Robert Reich

The Gig (Economy) Is Up

Robert Reich

Warren Is Correct About Busting Up Big Tech

Timothy Karr, Craig Aaron

Want to Save Journalism? Tax the Attention Economy

Sydney Li, Jason Kelley

Google Screenwise: An Unwise Trade of All Your Privacy for Cash

William Nee

Google CEO Has Serious Questions to Answer on China Censored Search

Ro Khanna

Facebook's and Google’s Breaches Show It’s Time for an Internet Bill of Rights

Ralph Nader

The Root of the Internet’s Disrepute: Online Advertising!

Alan MacLeod

That Facebook Will Turn to Censoring the Left Isn’t a Worry—It’s a Reality