Big Tech

EU officials agree on law to hold Google, Meta accountable for hate speech, disinformation

The law will force big tech companies to police themselves harder, make it easier for users to flag problems and empower regulators to punish noncompliance with billions in fines

How big tech is grappling with Russian state media, propaganda

Big tech platforms are facing increased calls to bar Russian state media from using their platforms to spread misinformation

Inside Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Uma Thurman star in the latest show on Big Tech

Super Pumped traces the rise and fall of Travais Kalanick, Uber’s co-founder, who was pressured to resign in 2017 after the company was hit with a series of privacy scandals and lawsuits about workplace discrimination and sexual harassment.

Google parent Alphabet posts profit over $18 billion in third quarter; Twitter suffers $537 million loss

From July to September, its video service sold $7.2 billion of advertising space targeted according to content and users, against $5 billion in the same period last year, according to Alphabet

Apple rolls out vital app store changes in an attempt to stave off increasing regulation of Big Tech

Apple has announced long-demanded concessions after seeing investigations, lawsuits and rules pile up against what critics call an abuse of global dominance by big firms.

In Brad Stone's book Amazon Unbound, critical perspectives on the transformation of Amazon, and Jeff Bezos

Brad Stone’s Amazon Unbound is not just a sequel to The Everything Store which he wrote in 2013, but also a thorough look at just how Bezos was able to keep the innovation engine as well as the cash coffers at Amazon on an ascending curve.

Break up, merger restrictions and other ways US Congress is trying to rein in Big Tech

The bipartisan legislation targets the companies’ structure and points toward breaking them up, a dramatic step for Congress to take against a powerful industry whose products are woven into everyday life.

US antitrust overhaul: What it means for the likes of Amazon, Apple, Facebook; how it would change big tech

Even if only some of the proposals are passed as law, they will likely have significant consequences for the way big tech does business globally.

UK watchdog is looking into iOS, Android 'mobile ecosystem' over concerns of the tech giants stifling competition

The authority said it’s taking a closer look at the “effective duopoly” Google and Apple have on the various gateways through which users can access online content.

India must take cue from Australian model of maintaining power balance between Big Tech, digital news media

Journalism is a critically important sector for a healthy democracy. Thus, the State cannot be a fence sitter when journalism is not financially sustainable