US government pushes to break up Google to fix search monopoly

US government pushes to break up Google to fix search monopoly

The US Justice Department has asked a federal court to force Google to sell Chrome,its popular web browser – a move that could reshape competition on the internet.

  • byDavid McCabe

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Are we ready for an internet with no Google search?
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Are we ready for an internet with no Google search?

Twenty-five years ago,Google’s minimalist search engine was a revelation. What would happen if the US government moved to break up its dominance?

  • byDavid Swan
Meta admits Australians cannot opt out of ‘predatory’ AI data scrape

Meta admits Australians cannot opt out of ‘predatory’ AI data scrape

Senators are calling for stronger privacy laws to give Facebook users the ability to block the company from using their posts to train its AI models,as users can in the EU.

  • byDavid Swan
Government hammers big tech with barrage of new laws
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Government hammers big tech with barrage of new laws

Albanese has vowed to protect Australian sovereignty,while others in the government confirmed the plans for reforms on copyright,payments,content and online safety.

  • byDavid Crowe andPaul Sakkal
‘Dark patterns’:European Commission is ticked off by Elon Musk’s X,again
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‘Dark patterns’:European Commission is ticked off by Elon Musk’s X,again

The European Commission sees evidence of “motivated malicious actors” using X’s blue ticks to deceive users. Musk fires back,claiming that the EC offered his company “an illegal secret deal”.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Trump just shook up America’s war on TikTok

Trump just shook up America’s war on TikTok

If there’s one thing that unites an otherwise bitterly divided Washington,it’s China. But Donald Trump has just stirred the pot.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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How social media giants created a ‘paedophile paradise’
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How social media giants created a ‘paedophile paradise’

Australia used new laws to gain a world-first insight into how social media giants respond to child abuse material – and found a culture of “wilful blindness”

  • byJordan Baker
TikTok,YouTube could be targeted under Australia’s media code

TikTok,YouTube could be targeted under Australia’s media code

The federal government is considering whether it should use landmark laws to force tech platforms such as YouTube and TikTok to negotiate with news outlets.

  • byZoe Samios andNick Bonyhady
Chinese-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua jailed for 13 years,fined $11.7 billion

Chinese-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua jailed for 13 years,fined $11.7 billion

The imprisonment of Xiao Jianhua brings to an end a long-running saga that has seen many of the tycoon’s business interests reined in since he was seized in Hong Kong more than five years ago.

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Xi Jinping’s year of triumph has been derailed by turmoil

Xi Jinping’s year of triumph has been derailed by turmoil

This wasn’t the 2022 that Xi Jinping had in mind.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
In trolls and tech giants,Morrison finds an ideal enemy

In trolls and tech giants,Morrison finds an ideal enemy

The Coalition party room has no shortage of MPs with first-hand or family experience of how toxic social media can be. Now the government is making cleaning up the internet part of its pitch to voters.

  • byNick Bonyhady andLisa Visentin