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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple and Google executives may be wondering if there's an app for, "time to call the lawyers.". Issues to be examined include the use and sharing of data by apps, the extent of competition between Google and Apple’s app stores, and whether more pricing transparency is needed in Australia’s mobile apps market," the news release states.

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APRIL 23, 2021

Google sits “side by side” with regulators to identify potential regulatory problems. Derek White, vice president of global financial services at Google Cloud, said the tech giant performs its own audits and explains how Google fits into an organization’s tech environment. “We

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JULY 31, 2020

Two days after Google and Facebook CEOs testified before Congress over alleged antitrust violations, Australia has proposed regulation that could force the tech giants to pay Australian news outlets to distribute their content. In response, Google said it was disappointed by the proposal. Google has denied the charges.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said politicians should take a measured approach when thinking about regulating artificial intelligence (AI), and that many of the rules already in place would work for legislating the new technology. Pichai said he wants to have a “partnership between government and businesses.”.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The EU would require big tech companies, like Apple and Google, to offer their customers payment services through the new digital identity wallet if the regulation is approved.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Machine learning could be quite influential on cloud services (and FIs), which is why Google’s experiments with it are ongoing, according to Gavan Corr, principal, financial services for Google Cloud. Financial services has been at the forefront of machine learning–a lot of what we call machine learning is really math.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Google was told by the French Competition Authority (FCA) on Thursday (April 9) that it must pay to reuse content from news outlets and publishers in France. Last year, Google was forced to obey a new European copyright mandate and stopped showing European news blurbs on French search results.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

As the Department of Justice (DOJ) prepares a potential antitrust lawsuit against Google , dozens of India’s technology startups are considering ways to challenge the Mountain View, California-based tech giant’s dominance, Reuters reported, citing sources. Google will lose this battle. Google declined to comment to Reuters.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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JULY 2, 2020

European regulators are investigating Google’s proposed $2.1 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the government’s regulatory agency, has warned the deal could strengthen Google’s position. The access to user data available to Google has made it so valuable to advertisers that it faces only limited competition.”.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Google is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to hold radio experiments “in and near the 6 GHz band,” according to a recent filing with the agency. Separately, the FCC is at work on helping foster 5G wireless networks throughout the country.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

as well as 21 European Union (EU) countries — sent a letter to antitrust regulators asking that they throw the book at Google as fast as possible, according to a Reuters statement on Thursday (Nov. The group criticized Google for favoring its own services, including preferential search placement, and asked Vestager for fast action. .

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JANUARY 22, 2021

In the Land Down Under, the ripple effects of the clash between regulators and a giant in online search (that would be Google , of course) may be such that consumers are left searching for search. 22), Google has said it might pull out of the country if changes are not made to the proposed news media bargaining code.

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JULY 27, 2020

As Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares to appear before Congress Wednesday (July 29) to face antitrust charges , Australia’s competition watchdog has accused the Alphabet Inc. This change … was worth a lot of money to Google,” ACCC Commission Chairman Rod Sims told Reuters. “We

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

EU antitrust regulators are probing Google to see how the search giant uses and monetizes the data it collects on users, Reuters reported on Saturday (Nov. An EU executive told Reuters that the European Commission wanted to know what methods Google uses to mine data and the reasons behind the collection. .

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MAY 27, 2020

Regulators in India are looking at Google over antitrust issues amid charges that the tech giant is using its market dominance to unfairly pitch its mobile payments app. However, sources said the Commission told Google a couple days ago about the investigation, which was triggered in February. Google is still appealing.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

As criticism of the app stores run by Apple and Google heats up in the U.S., One key feature of the Indian government’s plan: The new app store would not charge the 30 percent fees that Google's and Apple ’s stores do. After nearly a decade with no oversight, regulation or fair competition, it’s time for Apple to be held accountable.”.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Google Payment Lithuania, a unit of Alphabet’s Google, was granted an electronic money institution license by The Board of the Bank of Lithuania. Finextra , citing Google, reported that with the license Google can issue and redeem electronic money and provide payment services. Earlier this month Revolut , the U.K.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Google has won a green light from India’s competition watchdog for its plans to purchase a significant stake in Jio Platforms, the nation’s largest telecom. 11) tweet , the Competition Commission of India (CCI) announced its decision to approve Google’s $4.5 Under terms of the deal , Google will acquire a 7.73

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JULY 23, 2020

Google will have to make “major concessions” to win speedy European Union approval of its planned purchase of Fitbit , the Financial Times reported on Thursday (July 23), citing unnamed sources. According to the FT report, the stakes are high as Google and EU regulators work through the approval process for the deal.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

judge will consider arguments in a disputed protective order connected with confidential information in a Justice Department antitrust case against Google, Reuters writes. Both Google and the Justice Department said there were "a small number of significant issues" to go over. The suit stems from an Oct. In addition, Nov.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The probe is centered on whether Google’s monopoly of the online search world – and the ensuing advertising revenue it commands – represent an illegal form of market control. According to Wall Street Journal reports, the meeting could eventually end with the state and federal forces combining their efforts where Google is concerned.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

3) that it would work with Google to deliver “smart” digital bank accounts, using Google Pay as an app-driven way to broaden its digital reach and improve users’ experiences with their financial institutions (FIs). To that end, BBVA was one of six banks that said on Monday (Aug. Ready For The Digital Shift.

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JULY 13, 2020

Google , trying to meet regulators halfway, offered to pledge not to use fitness data to help it target ads in its purchase of Fitbit , Reuters reported. The offer, according to Reuters, would help Google win over EU antitrust authorities in what has been a contentious bid for the merger.

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JULY 14, 2020

Google is objecting to a fine issued by Belgium’s privacy watchdog, the latest for alleged violations from a European privacy regulator. DPA ruled Google was “grossly negligent” by refusing to remove links to news articles that the authority said involved unproven harassment incidents from more than 10 years ago.

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MAY 31, 2020

Google users in India can now order groceries for delivery from startup Dunzo , allowing the tech giant to effectively enter into the Indian delivery market, according to a BGR report. The service can be used through Google Pay without having to download another app. based telecom company and India-based Aditya Birla Group.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Department of Justice (DOJ) is putting the finishing touches on its antitrust lawsuit against Google that could be filed as early as this week, sources told The New York Times. Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Google, Facebook Inc. A DOJ spokeswoman declined to comment.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Google has enacted a plan to pass on the cost of digital services taxes in Europe to advertisers instead, according to a Financial Times (FT) report, which will muddy the waters on governmental attempts to take more of the U.S. Turkey and Austria, which will cover the cost of regulations in those countries, FT reported.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Following complaints by India’s app developers, Google LLC has postponed the deadline to comply with a new billing system for commission fees by six months. The controversy began last week when Google announced the Sept. That decision prompted India’s startups to organize to lodge complaints in court and with government regulators.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

against Google, joined by 11 states attorneys general, alleging the tech giant has used its dominant position in the online search market unfairly against competitors. But the issues raised by the lawsuit hint at where regulators and lawmakers will aim to restrain the tech giant — perhaps even, down the line, refashion the company itself.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Google rivals who have complained for years about what they decried as a hands-off approach to the Silicon Valley giant from competition regulators around the world are beginning to sound a different theme following the recent Department of Justice lawsuit against the company, CNBC reported. alleged Google has abused its market powers.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Google is challenging a proposed rule by Australian regulators that could force the global technology company to pay the country’s news outlets to distribute their content. You’ve always relied on Google Search and YouTube to show you what’s most relevant and helpful to you,” she wrote. “We But Silva disagrees.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Google sent a letter to the Federal Reserve , asking the U.S. Mark Isakowitz, Google’s head of U.S. government affairs and public policy, said in a letter to the Fed that Google “worked closely” with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to build Google Pay for the Indian market. billion now. billion in 2019.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

Several states are moving forward with their own antitrust probe into Google while the Department of Justice (DOJ) gets ready to file a federal lawsuit, according to a report in the Washington Post (WaPo) on Friday (Oct. Google is still doing business as usual and hosted a “Search On” livestream on Thursday (Oct. 15) blog. .

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Months of investigations into Google’s alleged violation of antitrust laws is expected to culminate in a lawsuit as early as next week, sources told Reuters. Google has said users can choose Amazon to buy products and Twitter for news. Attorney General William Barr has vowed to bring the case against Google by Oct.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Publishers like all the traffic Google and Facebook have the power to send to news content, but they’re less delighted being beholden to the tech giants and at the mercy of their policies. But Google is aiming to build a friendlier and more productive relationship with content producers, announcing a plan Thursday (Oct. publishers.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

After reviewing numerous complaints, Google India said it will remove any apps relating to personal lending that are found to be in violation of its terms of service. Google India said it pored through hundreds of personal loan apps in India’s Google Play store, targeting “flags submitted by users and government agencies.” .

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