[unable to retrieve full-text content]Russian internet major Yandex launches driverless taxi in Moscow bne IntelliNews Source link
Read More »Russian Internet Group Yandex Cleared to Continue Listing on Nasdaq – Marketscreener.com
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Russian Internet Group Yandex Cleared to Continue Listing on Nasdaq Marketscreener.com Source link
Read More »Google runs 5 of the 19 platforms that must follow EU’s new Internet rules – Ars Technica
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google runs 5 of the 19 platforms that must follow EU’s new Internet rules Ars Technica Source link
Read More »Supreme Court hears a case that could transform the internet – The Washington Post
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Supreme Court hears a case that could transform the internet The Washington Post Source link
Read More »Supreme Court to hear case Google claims could ‘upend’ the internet
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is stepping into a messy political fight next month over the meaning of a 26-word law that big tech firms describe as a linchpin of the modern internet but that critics say has led to the promotion of terrorism. A closely watched dispute between YouTube-owner Google and the family of an American killed in an Islamic State group attack in Paris in 2015 will put the court in the middle of a conflict about when internet companies may be successfully sued for… Source link
Read More »No Internet? That’s Fine, You Can Still Use Google Maps on Your Phone
… Source link
Read More »Google Warns Pending Supreme Court Case Could Wreck the Internet
Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hold two days of hearings on a pair of cases that directly challenge the scope of Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications Decency Act that establishes the ground rules for regulating online speech. The cases will represent the first Supreme Court consideration of Section 230, and could lay the groundwork for a dramatic change in the way the internet is governed. Source link
Read More »Google to SCOTUS: Liability for promoting terrorist videos will ruin the Internet
For years, YouTube has been accused of enabling terrorist recruitment. This allegedly happens when a user clicks on a terrorist video hosted on the platform, then spirals down a rabbit hole of extremist content automatically queued “up next” through YouTube’s recommendation engine. In 2016, the family of Nohemi Gonzalez—who was killed in a 2015 Paris terrorist attack after extremists allegedly relied… Source link
Read More »Google claims a Supreme Court defeat would transform the internet — for the worse
CNN — An unfavorable ruling against Google in a closely watched Supreme Court case this term about YouTube’s recommendation engine could have sweeping unintended consequences for much of the wider internet, the search giant argued in a legal filing Thursday. Google, which owns YouTube, is fighting a high-stakes court battle over whether algorithmically generated YouTube recommendations are exempt from Big… Source link
Read More »Google tells Supreme Court: Don’t undercut the internet
Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios Google filed a key defense brief Thursday in a Supreme Court case that could reshape the legal landscape for online publishers and services. Driving the news: Google told the court that tampering with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects firms from liability for content their users post, would “undercut a central building block of the internet.” Why it matters: Gonzalez v. Google, the case that the Supreme Court will hear next… Source link
Read More »