European Union
A chat with Yandex’s top lawyer gunning for Google.
Private requests are likely to be met, but requests from public officials be damned.
From Russia, with gloves off.
In the EU case, Google’s key argument is an economic one.
Critics say the new regulations contain a number of loopholes that could lead to the creation of a tiered Internet service.
Proposed legislation aims to protect net neutrality across the EU, but major loopholes threaten to undermine it.
A search deal comes with clauses around Google’s antitrust cases in Europe and India.
Americans have long been ignoring European data protection law, but it has not been ignoring us.
Most Silicon Valley behemoths won’t be affected.
A top privacy regulator says tech companies “need to build a culture of security.”
“It is still open whether it will go one way or the other.”
Lawyers for the search giant in Brussels will have a very busy year.
The search giant puts out a combative defense to the EU antitrust charges.
Google removed articles after “right to be forgotten” requests; now, Google must remove articles about those articles.
Google’s rivals are lobbying for the EU to aim its antitrust guns at ad tech.
Legal scholar Wu says, “This is the closest I’ve seen Google come to be the Microsoft case.”
EU regulators have accused the search giant of abusing its market power.
The Commission wants to make sure other e-book distributors can compete with Amazon.
Google’s European honcho tells Politico: “We don’t always get it right.”
Zuckerberg says a Digital Single Market would be “very good” for Facebook.
The top Google exec will replace David Plouffe, who will remain as chief adviser and board member at the ride-sharing juggernaut.
On Wednesday, Europe launches its opening salvo for new regulation encompassing everything digital.
The inquiry will focus on the market power of companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook.
On Tuesday, Google will launch a fund and initiative to support digital journalism with eight European publishers.
The list includes Microsoft, Yelp, Expedia and a number of smaller European companies.
Rumors of our plight in mobile have been greatly exaggerated, says Google.
Last quarter, Google admitted Glass was a dud. This time, investors are praying for more signs of financial prudence and something (anything) on its core business.
The European Union investigation into Android could hinder Google’s plans to seize more control over its operating system, expand it into Asia and new frontiers of connected devices.
Margrethe Vestager said the case against Google is about fair business practices, not politics.
“Every time Google coughs, the rest of the world gets pneumonia.”
Are Google, Microsoft and Yahoo transparent enough in how they display search results? European regulators will investigate.
Google has pledged to combat the EU charges, but veterans of similar legal battles expect the company to arrive at a settlement soon.
It’s official: The EU has filed a complaint against Google for its shopping product and launched a probe into anti-competitive behavior on Android.
Google will be charged with diverting traffic from rivals to favor its own services, according to published reports.
European Commission asks competing services about licensing terms.
Europe’s five-year investigation has stalled multiple times.
European officials are not amused by President Obama’s remarks about why they’re focused on U.S. tech giants.