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Google Fined $162 Mn by Indian Watchdog over Market Dominance

Google has been fined more than $160 million by India's anti-trust watchdog after a probe found the tech behemoth was abusing its commanding position in the local smartphone market. The California-based company's Android mobile operating system is by far the dominant player in India and is run on 95 percent…

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Google fined $162 mn by Indian watchdog over market dominance

New Delhi (AFP) - Google has been fined more than $160 million by India's anti-trust watchdog after a probe found the tech behemoth was abusing its commanding position in the local smartphone market.

AFP

Texas sues Google over biometric recognition features

San Francisco (AFP) - The US state of Texas filed a lawsuit against Google on Thursday, accusing the internet giant of harvesting large amounts of biometric data from people without their explicit consent, a claim rejected by the California-based company.

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Slowed Snapchat parent earnings send shares off a cliff

San Francisco (AFP) - Shares in Snapchat's parent company plunged more than 26 percent on Thursday on a quarterly earnings report that showed revenue was slowing as online advertisers tighten budgets.

AFP

Texas Sues Google Over Alleged Privacy Violations

Google has settled two other privacy complaints for nearly $200 million in recent months.

The Street

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Google for compiling Texans’ biometric data

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims Google illegally collects and indefinitely stores information about Texans’ facial geometry and voiceprints without their consent, even if they’re not the ones using Google devices.

The Texas Tribune

Amazon customers could be paid £900m compensation following lawsuit

The company is accused of carrying out anti-competitive practices by pointing customers towards its own products or to those which it handles the delivery for

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Facebook adds way to remove misinformation from groups

San Francisco (AFP) - Facebook on Thursday added a method for people running groups to automatically sift out claims that have been debunked since being posted.

AFP

Instagram to Make it Easier to Avoid Trolls

Instagram will enhance features that help users block the accounts of abusers and trolls on the social media platform, the Meta Platforms-owned company said on Thursday. Users will now be able to block all existing accounts of a person, expanding a feature launched last year that only allowed the blocking…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Corporate spending in state politics and elections can affect everything from your wallet to your health

Political spending by corporations is big business.

The Conversation

Apple Supplier Says Smartphone Market May Slump Into Next Year, Meta Loses Veteran Exec Behind Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions, Voyager Digital Seeks Creditors' Vote For Sale To FTX: Top Stories Thursday, Oct. 20

Bloomberg YouTube Named Google Play Executive As New Gaming Head

Benzinga

‘Strenghtened’ Online Safety Bill to return to Parliament imminently

The Culture Secretary committed to strengthening the child protection aspect of the Bill which was put on hold during the Tory leadership race.

The Independent UK

Remote worker receives surprise meeting invitation from manager while secretly on plane: ‘Internet is down’

‘Put a background filter on,’ one viewer suggested

The Independent UK

Amazon customers could be in line for £900million as experts claim firm hid cheap deals

Lawyers say tens of millions of Amazon shoppers could get a share of £900million from Amazon, which it claims hid bargains on its website and app - but the retailer wants to fight it

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Antony Blinken’s Silicon Valley visit underscores US cybersecurity concerns

Secretary of state met tech executives to discuss national security even as US public is increasingly skeptical of industry

Evening Standard

TikTok cracks down on minors and abusive content in livestreams

Social media companies appear ready to sacrifice user numbers from under-18s in favour of a better public image

Daily Mirror

Train derails in Carlisle as carriages smash off track - sparking days of travel chaos

Carriages on a freight train carrying cement derailed last night, closing a busy line in the North to all services amid warnings they may not reopen for several days to come

Newslaundry

Expert take: Why was the Wire compelled to pull down its Meta stories?

After insisting for over a week that its reporting supposedly exposing how Meta allowed BJP leaders to censor content on its platforms was solid, the Wire on Tuesday pulled down the work pending a “thorough internal review of all material and documents and sources”.

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Jack Dorsey's New Decentralized Social Protocol: What Twitter Could Have Been?

Jack Dorsey's new social protocol aims to be what Twitter isn't, bringing blockchain benefits to social media.

ABC News

Darwin study finds badly injured e-scooter users are adding to the public health system's workload

Injured and often intoxicated e-scooter users are adding to the Northern Territory public health system's workload and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, medical researchers say.

The Street

Gates Calls for Unified Front on a Critical Issue

Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates says the world needs to achieve more, and faster, to avoid disaster on a global matter.

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Here's why you are seeing ads everywhere

Uber's move to sell ads to show customers is the latest effort to fill every moment of screen attention with paid messages.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin declares martial law in Ukraine allowing him to force civilians into army

The decree states that the Kremlin has the power to carry out mobilization measures, as well as the "authority to implement measures to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"

Asharq Al-Awsat

ASOS Warns on Outlook as Consumers Feel Inflation Pain

British online fashion retailer ASOS said it needed to rebuild its once-successful business model after it reported an 89% drop in 2021-22 profit and forecast a loss in the first half, due to a rapidly deflating economy. The group, whose shares have fallen 80% this year, made adjusted profit before…

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