Tag: Google
Portugal Fines Google for Enabling Access to Pirated Content
Portuguese Judges ordered Google to block the website EZTV, along with over 500 related subdomains. The Lisbon Intellectual Property Court has ruled against Google Portugal for allowing access to a website that shared pirated content, including films, TV series, newspapers, and books. RELATED: US Justice Department is Considering Breakup of Google The court ordered Google […]
September 18, 2024
US Justice Department is Considering Breakup of Google
Authorities stated that Google violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly. A bid to break up Alphabet Inc.’s Google is being considered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after a landmark court ruling found that the company has monopolized the online search market. RELATED: Google Workers Fired for Protesting […]
August 14, 2024
Russia Responds to Media Blackout by Slowing Down Youtube
Last week, Roskomnadzor demanded that Google unblock over 200 Russian channels on YouTube. On Thursday, Alexander Khinshtein, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Information Policy, announced that Russia will slow down YouTube’s speed by 70 percent on desktop computers in response to the blocking of Russian channels. RELATED: Russia To Respond To Japan’s Shift […]
July 25, 2024
Google Workers Fired for Protesting Genocide in Gaza
On Wednesday, Google fired 28 employees who entered the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian to reject the genocide in Gaza and a contract with Israel. RELATED: Israel’s Cabinet Meets on Counterattack on Iran The demonstrations occurred last week and included protests at Google offices in New York and California, which were organized by the “No Tech […]
April 18, 2024
Google Employees Protest Against Alliances Between the Enterprise and Israel
Several Google employees have protested against the company’s technological alliances with the Israeli government, the phenomenon has even led to the dismissal of several professionals. RELATED: Gaza Strip: WHO Criticizes Israel for Limiting Humanitarian Aid One of the projects between the technology giant and Tel Aviv is the Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud that aims […]