Tag: big tech
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Lawmakers disgusted by YouTube Kids
The U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy is looking into Google’s operation of YouTube Kids, which representatives claim pays scant attention to content and does sneaky things with advertising. The Associated Press has the story: House subcommittee calls YouTube Kids “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content” A House subcommittee is…
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Facebook removes Iranian MEK protest accounts
Facebook has cracked down on a troll farm that set up accounts from the Iranian dissident group MEK. Hundreds of accounts were removed, many of them using fake profile names and photos. The Associated Press has the story: Albanian troll farm behind fake Facebook accounts representing MEK SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook said Tuesday it…
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SCOTUS sides with Google in Oracle copyright fight
Concerns that Google is becoming a monopoly increased with the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest decision. The nation’s highest court ruled that Google’s use of Oracle’s purely functional, noncreative computer code in its Android phones does not violate copyright law. Two conservative justices dissented. The Associated Press has the story: Google OK to use Oracle’s Java…