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Big Tech’s Professional Opponents Strike at Google

New York Times
October 21, 2020

Months before the Justice Department filed a landmark antitrust suit[1] against Google this week, the internet company’s adversaries hustled behind the scenes to lay the groundwork for a case. Nonprofits…

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The DOJ's Google Antitrust Lawsuit: What To Know

New York Times
October 20, 2020

The Justice Department sued Google[1] on Tuesday, accusing the company of illegally abusing its dominance in internet search in ways that harm competitors and consumers. The suit is the first…

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DOJ Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google

New York Times
October 20, 2020

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department accused Google of illegally protecting its monopoly over search and search advertising in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the government’s most significant legal challenge to…

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Election Tech That’s Super Simple

New York Times
October 19, 2020

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.[1] Friends, I love technology that is deceptively simple[2] and actually helpful[3] to…

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In Reversal, Twitter Is No Longer Blocking New York Post Article

New York Times
October 16, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — It is the 11th hour before the presidential election. But Facebook and Twitter are still changing their minds. With just a few weeks to go before the…

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Facebook and Twitter Dodge a 2016 Repeat, and Ignite a 2020 Firestorm

New York Times
October 16, 2020

Since 2016, when Russian hackers and WikiLeaks injected stolen emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign into the closing weeks of the presidential race, politicians and pundits have called on tech…

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Riled Up: Misinformation Stokes Calls for Violence on Election Day

New York Times
October 13, 2020

In a video posted to Facebook on Sept. 14, Dan Bongino, a popular right-wing commentator and radio host, declared that Democrats were planning a coup against President Trump on Election…

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Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S. Doing the Same

New York Times
October 12, 2020

Microsoft and a team of companies and law enforcement groups have disabled — at least temporarily — one of the world’s largest hacking operations, an effort run by Russian-speaking cybercriminals…

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Twitter Will Turn Off Some Features to Fight Election Misinformation

New York Times
October 9, 2020

OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter, risking the ire of its best-known user, President Trump, said on Friday that it would turn off several of its routine features in an attempt to…

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Facebook Widens Ban on Political Ads as Alarm Rises Over Election

New York Times
October 7, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past few weeks, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, and his lieutenants have watched the presidential race with an increasing sense of alarm. Executives have held…

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