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Laid-off Google employee files racism lawsuit claiming colleague attributed work mishap to ‘everything going on with George Floyd’

Laid-off Google employee files racism lawsuit claiming colleague attributed work mishap to ‘everything going on with George Floyd’

Tiffany Minott was laid off from her project manager role in January 2023  She claims colleagues made ‘thinly veiled’ racist insults against her   A former manager at Google has filed a lawsuit against the company which claims she was passed over for promotion because she is black and repeatedly faced ‘thinly veiled racist comments’ including a taunt about George Floyd‘s death. Tiffany Minott, 40, sued the company in New York alleging multiple civil rights violations and claiming that… Source link

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Google hit with $2.3 billion lawsuit by Axel Springer, other media groups

Google hit with $2.3 billion lawsuit by Axel Springer, other media groups

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the company’s practices in digital advertising. Shares of the Mountain View, California-based company fell more than 2%. The move by the group – which include publishers in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, the… Source link

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Google faces $2.27 billion lawsuit over advertising practices

Google faces $2.27 billion lawsuit over advertising practices

Google is facing a $2.27 billion lawsuit by 32 media groups claiming that the company’s digital advertising practices have led to financial losses. The publishers, including Axel Springer and Schibsted, are based in various countries across Europe, such as Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Sweden. What the lawsuit is saying. A statement issued by the media groups’ lawyers Geradin… Source link

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Google to pay $350 million to settle shareholders’ data privacy lawsuit

Google to pay $350 million to settle shareholders’ data privacy lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Google agreed to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit by shareholders related to a security bug at its now-defunct Google+ social media website. A preliminary settlement was filed late on Monday in San Francisco federal court after more than a year of mediation, and requires approval by U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson. It resolves claims that Google learned by March 2018 about a three-year software glitch that exposed Google+ users’ personal data, yet… Source link

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