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View: Google’s workers unionising is the silver lining on a dark Big Tech cloud

Chewy Shaw, an engineer at Google, attends a video meeting with other workers in the union from his home Synopsis On the back of automation and outsourcing, a handful of tech giants and their generously paid tech workers are shaping a twotiered society, hollowing out the middle-class in the US. Pressure groups like worker unions could play an important role in setting the stage for collective bargaining. Earlier this month, 225-odd workers got together at Alphabet — parent conglomerate of… Source link

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Google’s new advertising technology is under investigation over competition concerns from U.K. regulator

Google’s proposed digital advertising tool is being investigated over competition concerns, adding a new weight to the burden of antitrust issues facing the technology giant and its peers like Facebook FB, -0.44% and Amazon AMZN, +0.65%. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, a U.K. regulator, will assess whether a new digital advertising technology proposed by Google, owned by Alphabet GOOGL, +1.32%, … Source link

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Google’s plan to replace tracking cookies goes under UK antitrust probe – TechCrunch

Google’s plan to end support for third-party cookies in the Chrome browser and its Chromium engine is under investigation by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The antitrust regulator said today that it’s launched a probe under Chapter II of the U.K.’s Competition Act 1998 into “suspected breaches of competition law by Google”. The move follows a complaint lodged in November by a coalition of digital marketing companies which urged the CMA to block… Source link

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UK watchdog investigates Google’s ad data revamp proposals

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Google’s plan to overhaul its ad data system over worries it could leave even less room for rivals in the online ad industry. The Competition and Markets Authority said it opened a formal investigation into Google’s proposals to remove so-called third-party cookies from its popular Chrome browser and Chromium browser engine. Google has… Source link

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UK investigates Google’s plan to revamp Chrome browser

Britain’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Google’s plan to overhaul its ad data system over worries it could leave even less room for rivals in the online ad industry By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer January 8, 2021, 1:52 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article LONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog said Friday it launched an investigation into Google’s plan to overhaul its ad data system over worries it could leave even less room for… Source link

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UK watchdog investigates Google’s ad data revamp proposals

“Google’s Privacy Sandbox proposals will potentially have a very significant impact on publishers like newspapers, and the digital advertising market. But there are also privacy concerns to consider,” the CMA’s Chief Executive Andrea Coscelli said in a statement. Regulators will work with the U.K.’s privacy commissioner and engage with Google during the investigation, he said. Source link

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UK’s competition watchdog to probe Google’s browser changes

UK’s competition watchdog said on Friday (Jan 8) it has launched an investigation into Google’s proposals to remove third-party cookies and other functions from its Chrome browser, following concerns it would curb rival digital advertising. The investigation will assess whether the proposals could cause advertising spend to become even more concentrated on the ecosystem of Alphabet’s Google at the expense of its competitors, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said. … Source link

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