August 30, 2019 Google legal chief David Drummond accused of romances with subordinates in defiance of rules Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond regularly ignored the company's policy against office romances with subordinates, a scathing new blog post alleges..
August 28, 2019 PragerU exec blasts YouTube's 'laughable' claim it's politically neutral Craig Strazzeri, the chief marketing officer for Prager University, balked at Google's claim that its subsidiary YouTube lacked political bias -- arguing that the company's restrictions on PragerU had reached the "point of absurdity."
August 27, 2019 Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing self-driving car technology Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski, who quit the tech giant before merging his own startup with Uber, has been charged with stealing Google's self-driving car trade secrets, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
August 26, 2019 Google cracks down on political speech among its workforce Google is cracking down on political speech at work amid a widespread backlash from politicians, activist groups and its own employees over a host of issues.
August 26, 2019 Controversial YouTube star PewDiePie hits 100 million subscribers in platform first YouTube creator "PewDiePie" hit a major milestone by becoming the first person to surpass 100 million subscribers on the video platform.
August 22, 2019 Google removes 210 YouTube channels in Hong Kong misinformation crackdown Google said Thursday that it had shut down 210 YouTube channels after the company learned they were tied to misinformation about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
August 21, 2019 Fake news can lead to false memories, new study claims Voters could form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories if those articles align with their existing political beliefs, according to newly released results of a 2018 study.
August 21, 2019 YouTube pressured to kick Chinese state media ads off platform over misinformation YouTube users are pressuring the video platform to take down advertisements for China Central Television (CCTV), a state media channel accused of spreading misinformation about pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
August 21, 2019 Rep. Matt Gaetz: Google's information dominance is dangerous especially when it comes to voters f Google search benefits one political party, or promotes one set of beliefs over another, Google is no longer a distributor of news — they are a publisher.
August 19, 2019 Hillary Clinton slams Trump for sharing 'debunked study' that Google manipulated 'millions' of 2016 votes Hillary Clinton blasted President Trump for tweeting about what she described as a "debunked study" that suggests "millions" of voters in 2016 were manipulated in her favor by Google. Â