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YouTube rival sues Google for ‘unfairly rigging’ search algorithms

YouTube rival sues Google for ‘unfairly rigging’ search algorithms

FOX Business’ Susan Li and Axios markets editor Dion Rabouin discuss President Trump being censored on social media and the market’s reaction. YouTube rival Rumble is suing Google in a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California’s San Jose Division, alleging the tech giant is violating antitrust laws by “unfairly rigging” its search algorithms to drive traffic away from YouTube’s competitors. “By unfairly rigging its search algorithms such that… Source link

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Google Sued By YouTube Rival Over Search Rankings

Google Sued By YouTube Rival Over Search Rankings

Video-sharing site Rumble Inc. accused Google in a lawsuit of abusing the power of its search engine and mobile operating system to boost its YouTube video service over rivals, the latest allegation of anticompetitive conduct against the Alphabet Inc. unit. Toronto-based Rumble, which has become popular among conservative pundits, on Monday filed an antitrust suit in federal court in California arguing that Google is “unfairly rigging its search algorithms” to place… Source link

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Google reportedly keeps tabs on usage of rival Android apps to develop competitors

Google reportedly keeps tabs on usage of rival Android apps to develop competitors

An internal program at Google known as “Android Lockbox” can give the company’s employees access to information about how Android users interact with popular, non-Google apps and services, according to a new report in The Information. The program, which works via Google Mobile Services, means that employees can reportedly see “sensitive” data about other apps, including how often they’re opened and for how long they’re used. Sources claim this information has been used to… Source link

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Internal Google Program Taps Data on Rival Android Apps — The Information

Internal Google Program Taps Data on Rival Android Apps — The Information

When YouTube was planning the rollout of its rival to TikTok in India earlier this month, employees turned to a valuable source of market research: how people in the country were using TikTok and its competitors on Android, the mobile operating system controlled by YouTube parent company Google. The research was part of an unreported Google effort, internally called Android Lockbox, that has for years tapped what the company has referred to as “sensitive” data… Source link

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