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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

European regulators this week continued to show their love, respect and admiration for U.S.-based Assuming that caught your attention, here’s the real story: It’s shaping up as a busy week for regulators in Europe (including Turkey, which for purposes of this article, qualifies as Europe). Google Fine. Speaking of Google ….

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Regulation. Tencent Holdings President Martin Lau said further regulations are needed in China to mirror a “new reality.”. As technology companies become bigger and more important to the economy, I would say more regulations to reflect the new reality are needed," Lau said, according to the report.

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JULY 17, 2020

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate has violated U.S. antitrust laws, sources told The Wall Street Journal. billion global users. states and the DOJ.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Google announced a similar move in February. Facebook, Google and many other companies have based their European subsidiaries in Ireland, an EU member, with the Emerald Isle’s legal and regulatory relationship with the U.K. Facebook will transfer its U.K. Facebook’s U.K. now poised for a major readjustment with Brexit.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Govindacharya have asked lawmakers in India to call leaders of Google and Facebook to the country to ask them about data privacy and their compliance on tax laws, according to a report from Reuters. When asked if he would call on the leaders of other giant online companies, Thakur said he was thinking about it. We’re calling everyone.

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MAY 16, 2019

Across the European Union (EU), technology providers and social media platforms are increasingly playing a bigger role in the Open Banking ecosystem. At the same time, however, many players, like Facebook and Google , are squaring off against regulators that are looking at their data and payment policies with more scrutiny.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Sure, the social media platform said it lost one million active users from Europe after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 25, tightening privacy regulations and making it more difficult for online advertisers to target consumers. Don’t cry for Facebook. Too Much Uncertainty.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

15) extensive potential new regulations for digital services that would cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms, offering first drafts for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) to the public. The European Commission released on Tuesday (Dec.

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MARCH 20, 2020

The policy being drafted by India’s trade ministry also calls for a new regulator to provide oversight and enforce compliance. The regulator will have the authority to request information from tech firms and also enforce other Indian laws aimed at consumer protection and fair competition, the sources said.

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JULY 24, 2018

It’s easy to imagine the appeal: Transferring loyalty program data from one grocer to another, moving image data from a social media site to an online photo-printing service, retaining access to music playlists after leaving a website with weak privacy protections or other flaws. DTP Development.

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MAY 25, 2018

As Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect, Facebook privacy critic Max Schrems has filed four complaints over consent required to use online services. The complaints were filed against Facebook — along with its Instagram and WhatsApp services — and against Google ’s Android, TechCrunch reported.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Consumer Watchdog has called on Congress to enact legislation that would protect consumers’ online privacy in the wake of Facebook’s data scandal. introduced The Customer Online Notification for Stopping Edge-provider Network Transgressions (CONSENT) Act. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog’s privacy and technology project director.

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CB Insights

JULY 31, 2018

Google is eyeing your profile picture. The tech giant’s latest facial recognition patent highlights an image search system that incorporates information from social networks — potentially including Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, online blogs, and more. ” Google’s global expansion in TELECOM. Google Glass.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is the latest tech executive to criticize web platforms, such as Facebook and Google , over their data collection practices. “Dominant online platforms have more power to shape public opinion than newspapers or the television ever had, yet they face very little regulation or liability,” Rometty said.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

On Friday, the House Judiciary Committee, investigating antitrust issues tied to marquee names such as Facebook, Google and others, delivered letters asking for communications and documents that may shed light on the reasons and processes surrounding changes in the competitive landscape, including various mergers and acquisitions.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Here’s the latest news from Facebook, Amazon and others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, trade groups and politicians the world over. Regulations. The social media company has indicated that the Access Act, a proposed data portability law, is a first move in the right direction.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. Overall, 69 percent of consumers favor GDPR-like regulations in the United States. Except, maybe not. Privacy Changes. One recent survey found that 78 percent of U.S. Privacy Punishment.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

The tech companies cited included social media giant Tencent , Sina Corp., A total of 41 apps were found to be not in compliance of user data rules, according to regulators, and violations included improperly collecting or using information about visitors to their services. Sohu.com Ltd. and Xiaomi Corp.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The membership roster for the CCIA includes Amazon, Facebook and Google, among others. Delrahim also cautioned that there could be competition concerns by regulators over data collected by tech companies. Delrahim also cautioned that there could be competition concerns by regulators over data collected by tech companies.

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JULY 29, 2019

The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) weighed in on a dispute after a German online fashion retailer was accused of violating EU law by embedding a “Like” plugin. A consumer association in Germany said the plugin allowed the social media company to collect data on the site’s users, the news outlet said.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Back then, he had warned executives at the social media company of the potentially damaging impact of Facebook’s data sharing policies. Financial Times highlighted a 2016 blog post in which Parakilas warned about the impact of social media. “We Parakilas felt his concerns weren’t taken seriously at the time.

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MARCH 12, 2018

As cryptocurrencies fuel discussions on forums and news websites, a new version of a Thomson Reuters Corp tool will capture online chatter around bitcoin. Traders have long analyzed online chatter around traditional investments, and that trend continues with bitcoin, which Reuters will analyze in the tool it runs with MarketPsych Data LLC.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with its new Messenger product for kids — this and more of the latest news from the Frightful Five, just in case you missed it. Microsoft.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Antitrust regulators “are paranoid about it at the moment because they are concerned they have not looked at these mergers enough in the past, like Facebook-WhatsApp.”. EU officials accused Facebook of misleading them when the social media giant acquired WhatsApp in 2014 and changed its data-handling policy.

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JULY 9, 2019

Representatives from Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google are scheduled to appear before the House Antitrust Subcommittee. The subcommittee revealed that it would “examine the impact of market power of online platforms on innovation and entrepreneurship.”. We are here to help.”.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They’re highly regulated. On the website, Gina finds a Health Bot that advises she try Urgent Care and shares the nearest location and online scheduling. She ignores the first one, but responds to later emails and schedules online. She books an appointment online. It’s the Google experience. And so much more.

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JULY 27, 2018

intelligence warning of a possible cyberattack, grocery chain SUPERVALU being acquired by UNFI, an imminent comeback for RadioShack and Google banning apps that mine crypto from user devices. Google Bans Apps that Mine User Devices for Crypto. Google has banned apps that mine cryptocurrency in the back of a user’s device.

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APRIL 24, 2019

The federal agency has accused the social media platform of violating a privacy consent decree from 2011. The FTC could also subject the social media giant to tougher checkups to prove it is complying with the settlement. million Google paid to settle a consumer data probe in 2012. Largest Fine. Privacy Push.

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NCR

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The impact of online reviews is growing, according to ReviewTrackers research. More than 1 in 3 people won’t eat at a restaurant with 3-stars on online review websites like Yelp, Facebook and Google. The online review space has entered the social media era, and banks are struggling to catch up.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Once the account fills up with V-bucks, it is then sold through a legitimate vendor like eBay, or on the dark web, for lower rates than the $10 for 1,000 gamers will get in the game or through an authorized online store. And an estimated 86 percent of the scams were shared via social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The Edelman Trust Barometer shows that public confidence in search engines and social media platforms fell 11 percentage points from 2017 and 2018. Facebook stock is down and it faces investigation by a growing list of international regulators. Google has lost employees and also faces regulation.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

18) that the Justice Department may widen investigations into whether tech giants such as Facebook and Google have violated antitrust laws. Last week, AGs from a reported dozen states met in Colorado to discuss their investigation into Google. On a number of fronts. News comes, as reported by The New York Times Monday (Nov.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

YouTube has a chance to take advantage of recent Facebook problems and move past the social media platform in terms of website traffic, according to a new study. YouTube’s parent, Google, already is the undisputed, unthreatened champion of U.S. Meanwhile, Yahoo continues to fade. web traffic, with some 15.2 Paradigm Shift.

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NCR

AUGUST 2, 2016

The impact of online reviews is growing, according to ReviewTrackers research. More than 1 in 3 people won’t eat at a restaurant with 3-stars on online review websites like Yelp, Facebook and Google. The online review space has entered the social media era, and banks are struggling to catch up.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 15, 2022

Bankers often think from the bank’s perspective or from the regulator’s perspective. Customer reviews on Yelp/Google, survey results, chat transcripts, and social media comments. Have a program where employees can shadow customers as they use mobile, online, or branch products in real-time.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 15, 2022

Bankers often think from the bank’s perspective or from the regulator’s perspective. Customer reviews on Yelp/Google, survey results, chat transcripts, and social media comments. Have a program where employees can shadow customers as they use mobile, online, or branch products in real-time.

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MARCH 12, 2019

After a European Union plan for tax reform fell apart, France, along with Britain, Italy and Spain, are moving forward with plans to tax companies like Google and Apple. The challenges facing the international tax system are just far broader than how to tax social media and search engines,” Harter said.

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