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Google alleges India antitrust body copied parts of EU order on Android abuse

Google alleges India antitrust body copied parts of EU order on Android abuse

India antitrust rulings latest setback for Google in key market Google wants Indian antitrust decisions to be quashed Indian watchdog copied parts of EU order, Google alleges Google says its conduct is not anti-competitive – filing NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Google has told a tribunal in India that the country’s antitrust investigators copied parts of a European ruling against the U.S. firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android operating system, arguing the decision be quashed, legal… Source link

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Google alleges India antitrust body copied parts of EU order on Android abuse

Google alleges India antitrust body copied parts of EU order on Android abuse

Indian visitors talk on their mobile phones outside the Google stall at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on Sept. 27, 2017. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Google has told a tribunal in India that the country’s antitrust investigators copied parts of a European ruling against the U.S. firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android operating system, arguing the decision be quashed, legal papers show. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined Alphabet Inc’s Google… Source link

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Sean Taylor deserves better than a wire mannequin and Dan Snyder’s repeated abuse of his legacy

Sean Taylor deserves better than a wire mannequin and Dan Snyder’s repeated abuse of his legacy

I am sick for Sean Taylor’s family. Again. Because once again the Washington Commanders franchise — to be more specific, we mean team owner Dan Snyder — exploited the memory of the beloved slain safety for cheap public relations points. Via a cheap mannequin it is calling a “permanent memorial installation.” In advance of Sunday’s home game against Atlanta, which was the 15th anniversary of the day Taylor was killed in his Miami-area home by intruders who didn’t expect the rehabbing young… Source link

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U.S. Soccer’s Sally Yates investigation finds ‘heartbreaking’ abuse in women’s soccer

U.S. Soccer’s Sally Yates investigation finds ‘heartbreaking’ abuse in women’s soccer

Sally Yates’ investigation revealed new allegations against Christy Holly, who was fired for cause by NWSL club Racing Louisville. (Photo by Joe Robbins/ISI Photos/Getty Images) (EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes graphic depictions of sexual abuse and vulgar language that could be disturbing to some readers.) A U.S. Soccer-commissioned investigation into abuse throughout the National Women’s Soccer League unearthed new allegations of verbal, emotional and sexual misconduct at the highest… Source link

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Google Updates Its Guide on Preventing Spam and Abuse

Google Updates Its Guide on Preventing Spam and Abuse

In a welcome update for website owners, Google made clear changes to its spam and abuse resource center on Google Search Central. The biggest updates include more robust suggestions to prevent abuse and identify spam accounts, instead of focusing on how to monitor for it. Preventing Spam and Abuse Previous to this page update, the first section discussed “Web hosting services that are available without payment”. It is now replaced with “Prevent abuse on your site and platform”. The… Source link

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Google’s Scans of Private Photos Led to False Accusations of Child Abuse

Google’s Scans of Private Photos Led to False Accusations of Child Abuse

Internet users’ private messages, files, and photos of everyday people are increasingly being examined by tech companies, which check the data against government databases. While this is not a new practice, the public is being told this massive scanning should extend to nearly every reach of their online activity so that police can more productively investigate crimes related to child sexual abuse images, sometimes called CSAM.  We don’t know much about how the public gets watched in… Source link

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Bob Dylan Sex Abuse Lawsuit Dismissed: ‘The Case is Over’

Bob Dylan Sex Abuse Lawsuit Dismissed: ‘The Case is Over’

Bob Dylan – Credit: AP The highly disputed lawsuit claiming Bob Dylan sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in New York in 1965 has been “withdrawn” by the accuser, lawyers for the singer-songwriter said Thursday. The dismissal came just days after the 69-year-old accuser, identified in the lawsuit as J.C., fired her lawyers amid key discovery deadlines in the case. More from Rolling Stone The original lawsuit, filed last August, claimed Dylan “befriended” the accuser and gained her trust… Source link

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Hornets F Miles Bridges charged with felony domestic violence, child abuse

Hornets F Miles Bridges charged with felony domestic violence, child abuse

Miles Bridges. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) Warning: The following article contains graphic allegations of domestic violence. Miles Bridges faces multiple felony counts of domestic violence and child abuse stemming from an alleged attack that took place in June in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced the charges against the Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent on Tuesday. Bridges faces one felony count of injuring a child’s parent and two felony… Source link

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A researcher’s avatar was sexually assaulted on a metaverse platform owned by Meta, making her the latest victim of sexual abuse on Meta’s platforms, watchdog says

A researcher’s avatar was sexually assaulted on a metaverse platform owned by Meta, making her the latest victim of sexual abuse on Meta’s platforms, watchdog says

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.Drew Angerer/Getty Images A nonprofit advocacy group says a researcher’s avatar was raped in the metaverse. Other Meta users have also said they were sexually harassed or abused in the metaverse. Meta investors wanted a report on harms facing metaverse users, but shareholders rejected the idea. A researcher entered the metaverse wanting to study users’ behavior on Meta’s social-networking platform Horizon World. But within an hour after she donned her Oculus… Source link

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Google Scans Gmail And Drive For Cartoons Of Child Sexual Abuse

Google has publicized two main ways it deals with child abuse images on its systems, but it doesn’t talk much about how it detects explicit animated material. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Getty Images Over the last two decades, tech giants have had to deal with an ever-growing deluge of videos and images of child sexual abuse on their platforms. As Apple recently found out, it’s a difficult problem to solve, where scanning people’s devices and online accounts… Source link

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