Google tells EU it won't add fact-checks to search results: Report
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Google tells EU it won't add fact-checks to search results: Report

India Today  

Tech giant Google has conveyed to the European Union that it will not add fact checking features to search results and YouTube videos, a US media report claimed on Thursday. An Axios report cited, to back its claim, a letter written to Renate Nikolay, Deputy Director General under the EU's content and technology wing by Google's representatives. Kent Walker, Google's global affairs chief termed the fact-checking integration enacted by the European Commission's Disinformation Code of Practice "not appropriate or effective" for services offered by Google, expressing the tech giant's unwillingness to commit to it, the Axios report added. The development came a week after social media major Meta's chief Mark Zuckerberg asserted that EU data law required only big tech outlets to conform to its fact-checking rules and remove objectionable content.

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Google won't add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos despite new EU law
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Google won't add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos despite new EU law

Firstpost  

Google has always resisted the idea of using fact-checking as part of its content moderation strategy, and it’s sticking to that stance. According to Google, the new requirements are not a good fit for its services, and it won’t be changing its content moderation policies to comply The new EU Disinformation Code of Practice, which was introduced in 2022, asks …

Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair
1 year, 1 month ago

Google Tweaked Search to Comply With EU Rules. Yelp Says It Makes Results Even More Unfair

Wired  

To comply with looming rules that ban tech giants from favoring their own services, Google has been testing new look search results for flights, trains, hotels, restaurants, and products in Europe. The EU’s Digital Markets Act is supposed to help smaller companies get more traffic from Google, but reviews service Yelp says that when it tested Google’s design tweaks with …

Google vows more transparency on ads as new EU rules kick in
1 year, 7 months ago

Google vows more transparency on ads as new EU rules kick in

The Hindu  

Google will provide more information on targeted Known as the Digital Services Act, the new rules are more onerous for Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Twitter, booking.com, Pinterest, Snap Inc.'s Snapchat, Wikipedia, Zalando and Alibaba's AliExpress because of their large number of users. The DSA will go into effect on Friday and requires companies to do more to tackle child sexual abuse …

EU launches new investigation of Google, this time over digital ad technology
3 years, 9 months ago

EU launches new investigation of Google, this time over digital ad technology

LA Times  

European Union regulators have launched a fresh antitrust investigation of Google, this time over whether the U.S. tech giant is stifling competition in digital advertising technology. The European Commission said Tuesday that it had opened a formal investigation into whether Google violated the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services at the expense of rival …

EU wants firm pledges from tech giants in fake news fight
3 years, 10 months ago

EU wants firm pledges from tech giants in fake news fight

The Hindu  

Facebook, Alphabet unit Google and other tech giants will have to pledge to do more to curb the monetisation of false information through The EU executive also wants smaller social media or search services, private messaging services, ad exchanges, ad-tech providers, communication agencies and e-payment services, e-commerce platforms and crowdfunding/donation systems to commit to do the same, the document said. …

Google's advertising practices targeted by EU antitrust probe
4 years, 2 months ago

Google's advertising practices targeted by EU antitrust probe

The Hindu  

EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google's advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world's largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising. Google said it was cooperating with …

EU sets out search ranking guidelines for Google, Microsoft, platforms
4 years, 3 months ago

EU sets out search ranking guidelines for Google, Microsoft, platforms

Live Mint  

BRUSSELS :Alphabet unit Google, Microsoft and other tech giants will have to be more transparent in how they rank online search results, under European Commission guidelines out on Monday. Smaller rivals and some companies have long complained about arbitrary and opaque practices tech giants employ that affect how their products and services are ranked in search results, especially when that …

Google does not have to grant a ‘right to be forgotten’ outside the EU
5 years, 6 months ago

Google does not have to grant a ‘right to be forgotten’ outside the EU

CNN  

London CNN Business — Europe’s top court has imposed new geographic limits on the “right to be forgotten,” saying that in most cases it should apply only within the European Union. “Since 2014, we’ve worked hard to implement the right to be forgotten in Europe, and to strike a sensible balance between people’s rights of access to information and privacy,” …

EU: How it’s forcing Google to change
6 years ago

EU: How it’s forcing Google to change

CNN  

London CNN Business — Europe has gone after Google with tough new regulations, court battles and massive antitrust fines, forcing the company to change how it does business in the lucrative market. The latest hit came Wednesday, when EU regulators fined Google €1.5 billion for abusing its dominant position in online search advertising. EU fines against Google July 2018: €4.34 …

Google tightens political ad rules for Europe polls
6 years, 4 months ago

Google tightens political ad rules for Europe polls

The Hindu  

Google said on Thursday that it is expanding stricter political advertising requirements to the European Union as part of efforts to curb misinformation and increase transparency ahead of the bloc’s elections next year. As the EU prepares for the vote, U.S. tech companies are facing pressure to do more to counter foreign influence campaigns following allegations that online platforms were …

Ahead of EU vote, Google unveils new policy for election ads
6 years, 4 months ago

Ahead of EU vote, Google unveils new policy for election ads

Live Mint  

Brussels: Google said it will roll out new policies in Europe to provide more transparency around political ads, ahead of European Union elections in the spring. As part of the code, Google and Facebook committed to deploying transparency tools for political ads in Europe after an initial roll-out in the U.S. With European Parliament elections set for May next year, …

Facebook, Google to tackle spread of fake news, advisors want more
6 years, 6 months ago

Facebook, Google to tackle spread of fake news, advisors want more

Live Mint  

Brussels: Facebook, Google and other tech firms have agreed a code of conduct to do more to tackle the spread of fake news, due to concerns it can influence elections, the European Commission said on Wednesday. Intended to stave off more heavy-handed legislation, the voluntary code covers closer scrutiny of advertising on accounts and websites where fake news appears, and …

Facebook, Google agree to take voluntary measures to tackle fake news says EU
6 years, 6 months ago

Facebook, Google agree to take voluntary measures to tackle fake news says EU

Firstpost  

Facebook, Google, Twitter, Mozilla and advertisers have already responded with a range of measures. Facebook, Google and others have agreed voluntary measures to tackle fake news due to concerns they can influence elections, the European Commission said on Wednesday, a move intended to stave off more heavy-handed legislation. Earlier this year, the Commission told the tech industry, including Facebook and …

The EU gets it partly right with its Google fine
6 years, 8 months ago

The EU gets it partly right with its Google fine

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tweets aside, there is little to suggest that the European Union’s record $5 billion fine on Google last week was a political hitjob. The first major finding was that Google’s insistence that phone makers pre-install its apps and services on their Android phones is anti-competitive behaviour. Vestager’s other finding that Google’s barring phone manufacturers from …

EU will take regulatory actions if tech giants like Facebook and Google don't do more to combat fake news: Draft
6 years, 11 months ago

EU will take regulatory actions if tech giants like Facebook and Google don't do more to combat fake news: Draft

Firstpost  

EU plans to draw up a “Code of Practice” by July that will commit online platforms and advertisers to take a number of measures to prevent fake news. The European Union is set to demand tech giants like Facebook and Google do more to stop the spread of fake news on their websites by the end of the year to …

Google to be fined by EU for distorting internet search
7 years, 9 months ago

Google to be fined by EU for distorting internet search

Firstpost  

Fines for companies found guilty of breaching EU antitrust rules can reach 10 percent of their global turnover, which in Google’s case could be about $9 billion of its 2016 turnover. The EU competition authority accused Google in April 2015 of distorting internet search results to favour its shopping service, harming both rivals and consumers. The Commission’s tough line is …

European parliament backs plan to break up search providers
10 years, 4 months ago

European parliament backs plan to break up search providers

Live Mint  

Brussels: Lawmakers added to Google Inc.’s regulatory woes in the European Union after they voted overwhelmingly for the EU to consider breaking up search engines to bolster competition. The European parliament backed a resolution by 384 votes to 174, asking the European Commission—which is investigating Google for possible antitrust violations—to consider “unbundling search engines from other commercial services”. “European enterprises …

Google not doing enough to address anti-trust concerns: EU watchdog
11 years, 8 months ago

Google not doing enough to address anti-trust concerns: EU watchdog

Firstpost  

The EU’s competition chief says Google isn’t doing enough to overcome concerns that it’s stifling competition, and ordered the Internet giant to come up with new ideas Paris: The EU’s competition chief says Google isn’t doing enough to overcome concerns that it’s stifling competition, and ordered the Internet giant to come up with new ideas. The European Commission has been …

Six EU nations challenge Google on privacy
11 years, 11 months ago

Six EU nations challenge Google on privacy

Firstpost  

Agencies in six European nations will take legal action against Internet giant Google for failing to rectify problems with its privacy policy Agencies in six European nations will take legal action against Internet giant Google for failing to rectify problems with its privacy policy, France’s National Commission on Information Technology and Freedom, known as CNIL, said. As Google failed to …

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