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July 13, 2025

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Amid the pandemic, Big Tech reports mixed earnings

July 31, 2020 Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over their market power and alleged monopolistic practices. Alphabet, Google’s holding company, reported its first-ever […]

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Spotlight on 4 Big Tech CEOs testifying in competition probe

July 28, 2020 Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — They command corporations with gold-plated brands, millions or even billions of customers, and a combined value greater than the entire German economy. One of them is the world’s richest individual; another is […]

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Facebook, others block requests on Hong Kong user data

July 6, 2020 Zen Soo, Associated Press

HONG KONG — Social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter will deny law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong as they assess the effect of a new […]

Business

UK regulator urges new rules to rein in Google, Facebook

July 2, 2020 Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

LONDON — British regulators want new rules to foster competition in digital advertising markets and rein in the industry’s dominant players, Google and Facebook. The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at the U.S. tech […]

News

Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts – even Trump’s

June 26, 2020 Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook said Friday that it will flag all “newsworthy” posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump. CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against […]

Article

Judge’s Facebook friendship upends Wisconsin custody case

June 17, 2020 Scott Bauer, Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a judge’s decision to become Facebook friends with a woman whose child custody case he was hearing created at least the appearance of bias, […]

Article

Twitter obscures, warns on Trump tweet

May 29, 2020 Barbara Ortutay and Matt O’Brien, Associated Press

Twitter escalated tensions with President Donald Trump on Friday, adding a warning to one of his tweets for the first time and saying he violated the platform’s rules by glorifying violence when he suggested protesters […]

Business

Facebook to invest in new fiber route for western NC counties

March 2, 2020 Emily Roberson

FOREST CITY and RTP – MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), has announced a collaboration with Facebook to make high-speed broadband available to nearly 30 Community Anchor Institutions […]

Article

Facebook reverses on paid political messages that aren’t ads

February 14, 2020 By Barbara Ortutay and Amanda Seitz, The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules governing political ads, in a reversal that highlights difficulties tech companies and […]

Philippe Wojazer —Reuters
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47 attorneys general back antitrust probe into Facebook

October 23, 2019 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Facebook’s latest foes: nearly every U.S. state. A state-level antitrust investigation into the social networking giant now has the backing of a bipartisan group of 47 attorneys general, New York Attorney General […]

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