How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
1 week, 1 day ago

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Wired  

Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean that these companies can decide whether government authorities have access to your personal information, including location data. Cozying Up In anticipation of Trump’s inauguration, Meta-owned Facebook, Instagram, and Threads made drastic policy changes citing alignment with Trump administration values, to permit hate speech and abuse “on topics like immigration and gender.” Meta also signaled its allegiance by ditching its fact-checkers—a frequent target of MAGA world ire. Now, with companies shaping certain policies, tools, and practices in pursuit of “partnership” with the Trump administration, these companies’ powers over our data takes on new focus. As Google explains, an NSL is “one of the authorities granted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.” Google adds, “FISA orders and authorizations can be used to compel electronic surveillance and the disclosure of stored data, including content from services like Gmail, Drive, and Photos.” How companies respond to these demands can vary in consequential ways.

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Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants
5 days, 8 hours ago

Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants

Wired  

The global backlash against the second Donald Trump administration keeps on growing. Canadians have boycotted US-made products, anti–Elon Musk posters have appeared across London amid widespread Tesla protests, and European officials have drastically increased military spending as US support for Ukraine falters. “There’s a huge appetite in Europe to de-risk or decouple the over-dependence on US tech companies, because there …

Trump compares UK's demand for Apple user data to Chinese monitoring
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump compares UK's demand for Apple user data to Chinese monitoring

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump likened the UK government's demand that Apple grant it access to some user data as "something that you hear about with China," in an interview with The Spectator political magazine published Friday. Trump said that he had told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that he "can't do this", referring to the request for access to data. …

"That says it all:" Big Tech takes prime seats at Trump inauguration
2 months, 1 week ago

"That says it all:" Big Tech takes prime seats at Trump inauguration

Salon  

Scattered among President Donald J. Trump's family members, his vice president, his Cabinet appointments and a handful of his billionaire donors on Monday were a few key faces that sent a clear signal: Big Tech is in the president’s inner circle. So did CEO Sundar Pichai and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a day after Trump's pledge to help the …

Smart business? Currying favor? Why big tech leaders are friending and funding Trump
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Smart business? Currying favor? Why big tech leaders are friending and funding Trump

LA Times  

Elon Musk speaks before President-elect Donald Trump, then a nominee, at an October campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York. It also will move remaining safety and content moderation teams out of California and into Texas, which Zuckerberg suggested would provide a less “biased” environment, and work directly with Trump “to push back on governments around the world …

Google becomes the latest tech company to fall in line by donating to Trump’s inauguration
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Google becomes the latest tech company to fall in line by donating to Trump’s inauguration

The Independent  

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What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Donald Trump?
3 months, 1 week ago

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Donald Trump?

India Today  

NEW YORK: In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office …

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?
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What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes …

Donald Trump aides contact Google, Meta, Snap over online drug sales: Report
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Donald Trump aides contact Google, Meta, Snap over online drug sales: Report

Hindustan Times  

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has invited five major tech companies, including Google, Microsoft and Meta Platforms to a meeting in mid-December about dealing with online sales of drugs, The Information reported on Sunday. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has invited five major tech companies to a meeting in mid-December. A representative for Jim Carroll, the drug czar during Trump's …

Keeping Your Personal Data Safe in the Age of Trump
55 years, 2 months ago

Keeping Your Personal Data Safe in the Age of Trump

Wired  

Andrew Couts: I think during the first Trump administration, we became glaringly aware of the difference between laws and norms. The second thing about corporations since the first Trump administration is that you've seen a lot more companies get into the advertising business. I don’t think we've seen necessarily a case yet of OpenAI, or maybe not at least a …

U.S. govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome
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4 months, 1 week ago

U.S. govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome

Raw Story  

The U.S. government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant. In a court filing, the U.S. Department of Justice urged a shake-up of Google's business that includes banning deals for Google to be the default search engine on smartphones and …

US govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome
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US govt calls for breakup of Google and Chrome

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: The US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant. In a court filing, the US Department of Justice urged a shake-up of Google's business that includes banning deals for Google to be the default search engine on smartphones …

How Donald Trump could make billions from Truth Social’s merger
1 year ago

How Donald Trump could make billions from Truth Social’s merger

Firstpost  

Former US president Donald Trump’s wealth could rise by about $3.4 billion if Trump Media & Technology Group, Truth Social’s parent company, merges with Digital World Acquisition Corporation. Trump’s social media company is poised to go public next week if its long-delayed merger with Digital World Acquisition Corporation is approved. The former president’s Trump Media & Technology Group, which runs …

Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained
1 year, 6 months ago

Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On September 12, Justice Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia started hearing what is being described as the most important case about the future of the Internet. The key allegation against Google is that its “arrangements” with Apple and other companies to be the default search engine on their devices, …

How Trump’s war on WeChat could upend the global tech industry
4 years, 7 months ago

How Trump’s war on WeChat could upend the global tech industry

CNN  

CNN Business — President Trump’s executive order last week banning TikTok if it doesn’t find a buyer by next month potentially threatened to upend a vibrant social network and the broader social media marketplace. By targeting a Tencent property, the Trump administration may put a “serious damper on Tencent’s global expansion ambitions,” Sundararajan said. Beyond that, the Trump administration’s moves …

Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power
4 years, 8 months ago

Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power

NPR  

Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 6:35 p.m. Cook said that "there are many reasons why" an app may not meet the App Store's guidelines, dismissing the suggestion that Apple squashed its competition to favor its own …

If we keep looking to please Donald Trump, the UK is going to miss out on state-of-the-art technology
4 years, 8 months ago

If we keep looking to please Donald Trump, the UK is going to miss out on state-of-the-art technology

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One aspect of this multifaceted conflict …

Donald Trump dubs tech giants the MAGA club as their market value soars
5 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump dubs tech giants the MAGA club as their market value soars

Daily Mail  

Four tech giants whose initials spell out President Donald Trump's favorite acronym have sent the stock market soaring to record highs. Four tech giants whose initials spell out President Donald Trump's favorite acronym have sent the stock market soaring Trump has been critical of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, seen together with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at a June 2017 meeting …

What’s your data worth to Big Tech? Bill would compel answer
5 years, 9 months ago

What’s your data worth to Big Tech? Bill would compel answer

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As Congress bears down on big tech companies, two senators want to force giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon to tell users what data they’re collecting from them and how much it’s worth. It comes as bipartisan support grows in Congress for a privacy law that could sharply rein in the ability of the biggest tech companies to …

Alexa, Tell Me A National Security Secret: Amazon's Reach Goes Beyond The Post Office
6 years, 11 months ago

Alexa, Tell Me A National Security Secret: Amazon's Reach Goes Beyond The Post Office

NPR  

Alexa, Tell Me A National Security Secret: Amazon's Reach Goes Beyond The Post Office Enlarge this image toggle caption Reed Saxon/AP Reed Saxon/AP Amazon has been one of President Trump's favorite targets on Twitter. Amazon's relationship with the government goes well beyond delivering packages — to playing a vital role in protecting America's national security secrets. Daniel Ives, chief strategy …

Donald Trump’s no help in recruiting Silicon Valley techies for US service
7 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump’s no help in recruiting Silicon Valley techies for US service

Live Mint  

Washington: Right after President Donald Trump took office, Mikey Dickerson travelled to Silicon Valley to make a pitch for the US Digital Service, a program he’d run that’s brought hundreds of technologists to Washington to improve the government’s clunky computers and unsecured networks. While there’s turnover with every presidential transition, Dickerson says he knows of about 15 people who’ve left …

Google, Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Intel and Uber join slew of companies to take legal action against Trump
8 years, 1 month ago

Google, Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Intel and Uber join slew of companies to take legal action against Trump

The Independent  

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