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YouTube Competitor Rumble Hits Google With Antitrust Allegations

Rumble Inc., a streaming video site increasingly favored by users who think conservatives are censored online, sued Google in federal court in California Monday, claiming the tech giant unlawfully tilts search engine results toward its sister company YouTube. “By unfairly rigging its search algorithms,” Google has been “able to wrongfully divert massive traffic to YouTube, depriving Rumble of the additional traffic, users, uploads, brand awareness and revenue it would have otherwise… Source link

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WhatsApp group links were visible on Google: Report

NEW DELHI: At least 1,700 private WhatsApp group links were visible on Google through a simple web search, according to a recent research. Published by internet security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia, the research claimed that the groups’ links available on the web posed a threat to WhatsApp users’ privacy. Rajaharia had shared screenshots of the WhatsApp group links on his Twitter profile on Sunday afternoon. “Anyone who had access to these links could join these private groups, see… Source link

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Google pauses federal campaign contributions after U.S. Capitol siege

FILE PHOTO: An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will pause all campaign donations from its political action committee, a spokesman said, in the wake of the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol and efforts to block the certification of election results “We have frozen all NetPAC political contributions while we review and reassess its policies… Source link

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Amazon joins Apple, Google in giving far right-friendly Parler the boot

Amazon booted Parler, a social media platform popular with President Donald Trump’s supporters, off its web-hosting service over night after Apple and Google removed it from their app stores. Parler could be offline for a week due to Amazon’s action, Parler CEO John Matze said. That prediction may be optimistic since the platform will need to be rebuilt from scratch, The Associated Press reports. On Friday, Google yanked it from its app store for allowing postings that seek “to incite… Source link

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Renault names former Google exec to head Alpine brand

Renault said Abiteboul would be leaving the automaker. On Monday, De Meo offered praise for Abiteboul, who, with retiring Renault Sport president Jerome Stoll, had led the automaker’s return to Formula One as a manufacturer in 2016 and scored its first podium spots under the new effort in 2020. “His remarkable work in F1 since 2007 allows us to look to the future, with a strong team and the new Alpine F1 Team identity to conquer the podiums this year,” de Meo said in a news… Source link

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Google Makes 4 Changes to Index Coverage Report

Google Search Console’s Index Coverage report is receiving 4 updates to keep site owners better informed about indexing issues. The Index Coverage report is new compared to other reports Google offers, as it was first introduced when the revamped version of Search Console launched in 2018. Since the launch of the Index Coverage report site owners have been sharing feedback with Google about improvements they’d like to see made in the future. Changes to the Index Coverage report, rolling out… Source link

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