On Monday a US federal judge ruled Google has violated antitrust laws, saying the organization. is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. Google disputes the ruling. Its president of global affairs, Kent Walker, said “this decision recognizes that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes that we shouldn’t be allowed to make it easily available”.

Google has been ruled an illegal monopoly – the internet may never be the same

Harrisburg, PA

WTAJ

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — After a Federal Court deemed Google a “monopolist” that has unlawful search engine practices, Attorney General Michelle Henry said she is “pleased.” The U.S. District Court of Columbia ruled in United States v. Google that the company violated antitrust law by spending billions of dollars to create an “illegal monopoly.” The […]

‘We are pleased’ AG Henry comments on Google antitrust, monopoly ruling

A U.S. judge ruled Monday that Google holds a monopoly in the search market, and invoked the case of Microsoft from more than two decades ago. "All along, the government has implicitly and explicitly said they're basing this case on the Microsoft case," said Sam Weinstein, law professor at Cardozo Law School and a former DOJ antitrust lawyer.

Google's antitrust ruling has experts looking to 25-year-old Microsoft case for answers

New York State

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E. Kent

New York Attorney General Letitia James Leads Coalition in Major Victory Against Tech Giant. In a decision which could alter the electronic landscape, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today ruled that Google's hold on internet search engines is unlawful. This ruling, a major victory for New York Attorney general Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys General, is a first step toward holding tech giants accountable for monopolistic practices.

Landmark Court Ruling: Google's Monopoly Power Over Search Engines Declared Illegal

WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world's best-known companies. The highly anticipated decision issued by U.S....

Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance

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	The Justice Department sued TikTok and parent company ByteDance, alleging the popular video app repeatedly violated the U.S.’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and related regulations.'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Finale Leaks on TikTok and Twitter/X, HBO Blames 'International Third-Party Distributor'




	The DOJ, together with the FTC, on Friday (Aug. 2) filed the civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against TikTok, ByteDance and their affiliates. According to the complaint, from 2019 to the present, TikTok “knowingly permitted children to create regular TikTok accounts and to create, view and share short-form videos and messages...

TikTok Sued by U.S. Justice Department for Allegedly ‘Knowingly and Repeatedly’ Violating Child Data Privacy Law

CBS News

A federal judge ruled against tech giant Google in a major antitrust case on Monday. The ruling says the company acted illegally to maintain a monopoly of its search engine. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins to unpack the decision.

Google maintained illegal search engine monopoly, judge rules

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

A major Democratic donor last week called the Federal Trade Commission’s chair a “dope” and called for her firing. It turns out one of his companies is being investigated by the FTC. Suggested Reading. CNN on Tuesday reported that IAC Inc. — the New York-based holding company...

A billionaire called for Harris to fire the FTC's chair. His company is reportedly being investigated by the FTC

When Donald Trump first ran for president in 2016, Silicon Valley seemed to widely oppose his candidacy. Fast-forward to 2024, and elites in the region are publicly backing him in droves — but why? According to Mark Cuban, it’s all about cryptocurrency. Suggested Reading. “It’s a bitcoin play,”...

Mark Cuban says Silicon Valley is backing Trump because he would make their Bitcoin worth more

Lawsuit claims influential ad industry group and major companies colluded after Musk's controversial platform acquisition. In a legal fight that has shaken the advertising community, Elon Musk's company X has filed an antitrust suit against Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) and four large advertisers. The suit claims there was a conspiracy to boycott advertising on X's platform (formerly Twitter) amid concerns about brand safety standards after Musk bought the company in late 2022.

Elon Musk's X Takes on Big Advertisers in Antitrust Lawsuit Over Twitter Boycott Conspiracy Claims

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Students in Singapore are scrambling after a security breach wiped notes and all other data from school-issued iPads and Chromebooks running the mobile device management app Mobile Guardian. According to news reports, the mass wiping came as a shock to multiple students in Singapore, where the Mobile Guardian app has...

Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices

Mediaite

Meta announced it remove restrictions placed on former President Donald Trump's Instagram and Facebook accounts in preparation for the November election. 
The post Meta Removes All Restrictions on Trump’s Account After Former President Threatens Zuckerberg with Prison first appeared on Mediaite.

Meta Removes All Restrictions on Trump’s Account After Former President Threatens Zuckerberg with Prison

When Tesla recorded its first annual profit in 2020, it had done something fairly remarkable. Starting a new car company has never been easy. It's harder still when those cars are electric and outside your average buyer's comfort zone; more than a dozen have tried and failed since Tesla was founded in 2003. Even mighty Apple, with all its billions in the bank, thought better of it. So why, after all that hard work, would Tesla's CEO now tell everyone that Tesla is an AI company?

Elon Musk says Tesla is an AI company now. Here’s how plausible that is.

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Doesn't CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site?. That's what IT consultant David Senk wondered when CrowdStrike sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice targeting his parody site ClownStrike. Senk created ClownStrike in the aftermath of the largest...

Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedown

Denver, CO

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

CBS Pittsburgh

Google's ubiquitous search engine illegally exploits its preeminence to crush rivals and put a lid on innovation, a federal judge found on Monday in a ruling that deals a serious blow to the Alphabet-owned platform and delivers a major win for the Justice Department as it looks to strengthen high-tech industry competition. "This victory against Google is a historic win for the American people," said Attorney General Merrick Garland. "No company — no matter how large or influential — is above the law. The Justice Department will continue to vigorously enforce our antitrust laws."White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre similarly called...

"Google is a monopolist," judge says in ruling against tech titan

The SEC argued that Coinbase sought material “entirely irrelevant” to the court case. The crypto exchange has been urging the SEC to provide more documents that contain internal discussions with regards to digital assets. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested a New York court to...

SEC urges court to reject Coinbase’s subpoena request for documents

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Google loses DOJ’s big monopoly trial over search business

Google just lost a massive antitrust trial over its sprawling search business, as US District Judge Amit Mehta released his ruling showing that he sided with...

Google loses DOJ’s big monopoly trial over search business

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