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"Google Close To Shut Down": Donald Trump On Censorship Reports
Former US president Donald Trump has lashed out at Google over reports that was censoring news and photos of the Republican presidential candidate.
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Meta Says It Will End News Access for Canadians on Its Platforms if Online News Act Becomes Law
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Saturday that it would end availability of news content for Canadians on its platforms if the country's Online News Act passes in its current form. A legislative framework that compels us to pay for links or content that we do not post, and which are not the reason the vast majority of people use our platf...
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Google to Stop Limited Censorship for User Search in Canada From This Week
Google will stop blocking news articles from some Canadian users' search results on March 16, a company executive told a Canadian parliamentary panel investigating the tech firm on Friday. Last month, Google started testing limited news censorship as a potential response to a Canadian government bill that aims to compel online platforms to pay publ...
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War News In Reviews: Ukrainians' Russian Censorship Bypass Plan
Google on Thursday said it has stopped allowing reviews to be added to its online Maps service in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to prevent them from being used for war news.
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Microsoft Blames ‘Accidental Human Error’ for Bing Showing No Images for Tiananmen 'Tank Man'
Microsoft on Friday said an "accidental human error" led to its search engine Bing not showing image results for the query "tank man" in the United States and elsewhere, after users raised concerns about possible censorship around the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary.
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Google AI Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Exit Sparks Ethics, Bias Concerns
Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru’s abrupt exit from Google has sparked concerns about bias and censorship. More than 1,200 Google employees have signed on to an open letter calling the incident “unprecedented research censorship” and faulting the company for racism and defensiveness.
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Google, Facebook, Twitter, More Tech Giants Threaten to Leave Pakistan Over Censorship Rules
Internet and technology companies have threatened to leave Pakistan after the government granted blanket powers to authorities to censor digital content, a move critics say was aimed at curtailing freedom of expression in the conservative Islamic nation.
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China Censors Hong Kong Internet, US Tech Giants Resist
China has quickly moved to censor Hong Kong's internet and access users' data using a feared new national security law, but US tech giants offered some resistance citing rights concerns.
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Google Defeats Conservative Nonprofit's YouTube Censorship Appeal
Google persuaded a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject claims that YouTube illegally censors conservative content.
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Hotstar Gets 1-Star Reviews for Pro-PM Modi Censorship of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
After Hotstar’s decision on Tuesday to nuke the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-centric episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in India, many Android users have left 1-star reviews for the Hotstar app on Google Play.
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Google Tells US Lawmakers It Is Mulling Options on China Services
Google has come under criticism after reports it was considering re-entering China's search engine market and would comply with its internet censorship and surveillance policies.
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Trump Lashes Out at Social Media Companies Over 'Political Censorship'
US President Donald Trump on Thursday sharpened his attacks on American social media companies, calling out Google, Facebook and Twitter by name.
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"Need To Know," Google Staff Says On China Plan; Sundar Pichai Clarifies
Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive said at a company wide meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript seen by Reuters, as employees of the Alphabet Inc unit called for more transparency and oversight of the project.
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"What's Changed?" US Senators Ask Sundar Pichai On Reported China Project
Six US senators have written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking about the tech giant's reported plan to create a censored Chinese version of its search engine.
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"Some Are Very Mad": Anger In Google Over Reported China Search Engine
Google is crafting a search engine that would meet China's draconian censorship rules, a company employee told AFP on Thursday, in a move decried by human rights activists.
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"Google Close To Shut Down": Donald Trump On Censorship Reports
Former US president Donald Trump has lashed out at Google over reports that was censoring news and photos of the Republican presidential candidate.
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Meta Says It Will End News Access for Canadians on Its Platforms if Online News Act Becomes Law
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Saturday that it would end availability of news content for Canadians on its platforms if the country's Online News Act passes in its current form. A legislative framework that compels us to pay for links or content that we do not post, and which are not the reason the vast majority of people use our platf...
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Google to Stop Limited Censorship for User Search in Canada From This Week
Google will stop blocking news articles from some Canadian users' search results on March 16, a company executive told a Canadian parliamentary panel investigating the tech firm on Friday. Last month, Google started testing limited news censorship as a potential response to a Canadian government bill that aims to compel online platforms to pay publ...
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War News In Reviews: Ukrainians' Russian Censorship Bypass Plan
Google on Thursday said it has stopped allowing reviews to be added to its online Maps service in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to prevent them from being used for war news.
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Microsoft Blames ‘Accidental Human Error’ for Bing Showing No Images for Tiananmen 'Tank Man'
Microsoft on Friday said an "accidental human error" led to its search engine Bing not showing image results for the query "tank man" in the United States and elsewhere, after users raised concerns about possible censorship around the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary.
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Google AI Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Exit Sparks Ethics, Bias Concerns
Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru’s abrupt exit from Google has sparked concerns about bias and censorship. More than 1,200 Google employees have signed on to an open letter calling the incident “unprecedented research censorship” and faulting the company for racism and defensiveness.
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Google, Facebook, Twitter, More Tech Giants Threaten to Leave Pakistan Over Censorship Rules
Internet and technology companies have threatened to leave Pakistan after the government granted blanket powers to authorities to censor digital content, a move critics say was aimed at curtailing freedom of expression in the conservative Islamic nation.
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China Censors Hong Kong Internet, US Tech Giants Resist
China has quickly moved to censor Hong Kong's internet and access users' data using a feared new national security law, but US tech giants offered some resistance citing rights concerns.
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Google Defeats Conservative Nonprofit's YouTube Censorship Appeal
Google persuaded a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject claims that YouTube illegally censors conservative content.
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Hotstar Gets 1-Star Reviews for Pro-PM Modi Censorship of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
After Hotstar’s decision on Tuesday to nuke the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-centric episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in India, many Android users have left 1-star reviews for the Hotstar app on Google Play.
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Google Tells US Lawmakers It Is Mulling Options on China Services
Google has come under criticism after reports it was considering re-entering China's search engine market and would comply with its internet censorship and surveillance policies.
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Trump Lashes Out at Social Media Companies Over 'Political Censorship'
US President Donald Trump on Thursday sharpened his attacks on American social media companies, calling out Google, Facebook and Twitter by name.
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"Need To Know," Google Staff Says On China Plan; Sundar Pichai Clarifies
Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive said at a company wide meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript seen by Reuters, as employees of the Alphabet Inc unit called for more transparency and oversight of the project.
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"What's Changed?" US Senators Ask Sundar Pichai On Reported China Project
Six US senators have written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking about the tech giant's reported plan to create a censored Chinese version of its search engine.
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"Some Are Very Mad": Anger In Google Over Reported China Search Engine
Google is crafting a search engine that would meet China's draconian censorship rules, a company employee told AFP on Thursday, in a move decried by human rights activists.
