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[unable to retrieve full-text content]1,000+ Google Employees Urge Company To Divest 401(k)s From Fossil Fuels  Forbes Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Media groups urge feds to investigate after Google limits California news in search results  Sacramento Bee Media groups urge feds to investigate after Google limits California news in search results  Yahoo! Voices Google blocking links to California news outlets from search results  The Guardian Source link

More than 600 Google workers and counting have signed a letter addressed to Google marketing leadership demanding that it drop its sponsorship of Mind the Tech, an annual conference promoting the Israeli tech industry taking place in New York this week. “Please withdraw from Mind the Tech, issue an apology, and stand with Googlers and customers who are despairing over the overwhelming loss of life in Gaza; we need Google to do better,” reads the letter, which was seen by WIRED. The two-day… Source link

The Taylor Swift saga was a black mark for Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV). A report from The New York Times last week said the Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into the entertainment giant. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Edward Markey (D-MA) called for congressional hearings into the company. “If the investigation reveals that Live Nation has continued to abuse its dominant market position notwithstanding two… Source link

A group of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday urging Google to take steps to fix the search engine’s display of inaccurate results to users searching for abortion services. Why it matters: The 20 Democratic lawmakers, alongside Independent Bernie Sanders, wrote that Google’s provision of inaccurate results was “especially concerning” given the Supreme Court’s looming decision on abortion rights, which could see the court overturn Roe v. Wade. The big… Source link

Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Elissa Slotkin said that if Google (GOOGLGOOGLE) does not limit anti-abortion clinics from appearing in the Google Search and Maps results for abortion services, the company should label search results to clearly show whether a clinic in its results actually provides abortions, according to a letter sent Friday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai that was signed by more than 20 lawmakers. “Directing women towards fake clinics that traffic in misinformation and don’t provide… Source link

A group of more than 40 Democratic members of Congress has urged Google to stop collecting and retaining “unnecessary” location data over fears it could be used to identify people seeking abortions. The letter was sent to Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google’s parent company Alphabet, ahead of the anticipated reversal of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 legal case that guaranteed a person’s constitutional right to abortion. If repealed, individual states… Source link

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the co-founding of The Climate Pledge at the National Press Club on September 19, 2019, in Washington. Paul Morigi | Getty Images | Amazon A group of seven tech companies urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to require businesses to regularly disclose climate-related matters to their shareholders. In a letter to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler on Friday, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Autodesk, eBay, Facebook, Intel and Salesforce shared their view in response… Source link

Democratic senators, led by Cory Booker of New Jersey, say they worry about how Google’s products and policies may perpetuate bias. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images … Source link

Bloomberg WHO Sees Pandemic on Wrong Path; Korean Wave: Virus Update (Bloomberg) — The pandemic is on the wrong trajectory after six straight weeks of increased cases, according to a World Health Organization officer, who said “vaccines will not end the pandemic.”South Korea’s president will hold an urgent meeting on Monday with the country’s top health officials, Yonhap News reported, after authorities warned the country is in the early stage of another wave of infections. Pfizer… Source link