Forty-eight states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have launched joint investigations into Google for alleged violations of antitrust law. Attorney Generals in Texas and Washington, D.C. are leading the way in the probe honing in on Google’s dominance as an internet search engine and advertiser. We have 50 attorneys general from across the nation who […]
Democrat presidential candidate Gabbard sues Google, alleges election meddling
There’s more reason to question whether the big tech companies are putting their thumb on the scale or even meddling when it comes to U.S. elections. New allegations and a federal lawsuit come from the presidential campaign of Democrat Tulsi Gabbard. According to Gabbard, in the immediate hours after the first Democratic Presidential debate on […]
DOJ ready to investigate politically-connected Google
Multiple news reports state that the Department of Justice is planning an antitrust investigation into the world’s most popular search engine: Google. Google has been under scrutiny for allegedly skewing its results, often to favor liberal interests and to the detriment of conservative interests. Google has denied those claims. Google is a subsidiary of the […]
Fact Check: Slate.com Vaccines-Autism Claims
A recent Slate.com article took on Google’s decision to develop new search engine algorithms to filter out what it views as “inaccurate” websites. The authors are David Weinberger, a senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center, and Dan Gillmor of Arizona State University and author of Mediactive. The authors chose to begin their article using the example of the vaccine-autism controversy. […]
