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Bill targeting Apple and Google approved by US Senate panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, particularly Apple and Google.
Amy Klobuchar fears Big Tech at home as Alexa, Nest dominate
US lawmakers from both the Democratic Party and GOP pressed Google and Amazon.com about their smart speakers markets, amid concern over the domination of the tech behemoths in this...
US Senate votes to open debate on China tech bill
The US Senate voted 86-11 Monday to open debate on a measure authorizing more than $110 billion for basic and advanced technology research over five years in the face of rising com...
Facebook estimates hate speech seen in 1 out of 1000 views on its platform
Facebook for the very first time on Thursday revealed numbers on the incidence of hate speech on its stage, stating that from every 10,000 content viewpoints in the third quarter, ...
‘More power than traditional media’: Facebook and Twitter policies attacked
Republican senators have attacked the executives of both Facebook and Twitter for what they called censorship of both President Trump and his allies during the US election while De...
Two GOP senators ask the FTC to investigate TikTok’s data collection practices
Two prominent US Republican senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission for an investigation of video-sharing app TikTok’s customer data collection and processing practi...
Senate Democrats unveil privacy bill
WASHINGTON – Democratic senators proposed legislation on Tuesday that would set penalties for online companies like Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc if they misha...