Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged to usher in a new era of trustbusting of America’s corporate giants, recently saying
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In 2021, Google faces renewed battles in labor and antitrust
Google employees walked out of their offices in protest in 2018. James Martin/CNET On a single day earlier this month, a pair of controversies began
Instagram faces EU probe over potential exposure of children’s contact details
Contact details of minors have been exposed on Instagram. Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Kärnten | Carinthia, Austria/Getty Instagram is being investigated by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission
Twitter faces class-action privacy lawsuit for sharing security info with advertisers
The lawsuit is seeking $5,000 in damages for every person in Washington affected by Twitter’s privacy lapse. James Martin/CNET Twitter faces a class-action lawsuit for
Zuckerberg reportedly faces criticism from Facebook employees over QAnon and militia content
Facebook’s content moderation decisions continue to land the company in hot water. Angela Lang/CNET Facebook is under pressure, including from some of its own employees,
Google taps new general counsel as company faces antitrust scrutiny
Halimah DeLaine Prado Google Google on Tuesday said it appointed Halimah DeLaine Prado, a longtime member of the search giant’s legal team, to be its
Google’s Fitbit acquisition now faces a full-on EU investigation
Google is no stranger to EU antitrust investigations. Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google’s bid to enter the fitness tracker market through its acquisition
Alphabet faces diversity and human rights criticism at stockholder meeting
Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Stephen Shankland/CNET At Alphabet’s annual stockholder meeting Wednesday, Google’s parent company was met by investors critical of its efforts
Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking people in Incognito mode
Google headquarters sprawls across a large campus in Mountain View, California. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that accuses the tech
Trump’s social media executive order faces lawsuit
Trump’s relationship with social media: It’s complicated. James Martin/CNET The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology is taking aim at US President Donald Trump’s social
Clearview AI faces lawsuit over gathering people’s images without consent
Clearview AI is being sued for collecting people’s photos without their consent for its facial recognition database. James Martin/CNET Clearview AI has spent months amassing
Twitter faces conservative backlash for fact checking Trump’s tweets for the first time
Twitter is taking action against Trump’s tweets for the first time. Angela Lang/CNET Twitter added a label to President Donald Trump’s tweets on Tuesday for containing
