Twenty-three child advocacy, consumer and privacy groups have filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission, over Google’s violation of child protection laws, accusing it of collecting personal data and advertising to children under the age of 13. Sputnik discussed the complaint with David Monahan, from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. Sputnik: Can you tell us about the... 

Facebook is putting tighter controls on user data in response to a privacy crisis. Facebook will stop sharing anonymous information with brokers to help improve people’s privacy on the platform. Sputnik discussed this with Dr. Robert Epstein, a Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology. Sputnik: In your view, are large digital corporations... 

When I hear something like “a Muslim shot up a place,” I tend to assume this was done in the name of Allah in order to cow the infidels. However, in this case, Amazingly, I’d be wrong. The truth is much, much stranger than that. This woman wasn’t only a Muslim of Iranian descent but also a woman, a vegan and pretty much a liberal. NBC reported: The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit has... 

In an interview with the magazine Wired, French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined France’s AI strategy, having also addressed privacy issues and the problems associated with Internet giants such as Facebook and Google. According to Macron, Facebook and Google are welcome in France, they create jobs and are “part of our ecosystem,” but at some point, those companies became “too big.” “Not... 

“When spreading that kind of extreme opinion, sometimes calling for violence and threatening groups, it’s illegal.” Swedish Justice Minister Morgan Johansson has promised to put more pressure on social media giants Facebook and YouTube owner Google to remove illegal “hate speech” material. The Minister’s remarks come after many in the Swedish media railed against YouTube over right-wing... 

Brad Parscale, who was recently appointed as campaign manager for Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection bid, has warned Google, Facebook, and Twitter to maintain a “level playing field,” following a month of high-profile revelations of bias at big tech. Brad Parscale’s comment came on the same day as the results of primaries for the Texas senatorial race in November were released. Google and Facebook... 

The self-described “legal arm of the pro-Israel community” Jewish lobby has issued “cease and desist” legal threats against Google, Twitter, and Yahoo, demanding that they censor content critical of the Jews’ “Holocaust” narrative—or face legal action. According to a press release issued by the New York-based Lawfare Project—which on its website claims to be the “Legal Arm of the... 

Alex Jones had freedom-champion Andrew Torba on his show recently to call for regulation on the internet that would force companies to allow free speech. Jones is a recovering libertarian who would previously have taken the kike position of “oh by muh private company tho.” The same libertarian position that the “BAKE THE CAKE BIGOT” people are now taking with regards to internet censorship.... 

Billionaire investor George Soros, who has denounced tech giants Facebook and Google as a “menace” and a threat to public health, is reportedly “examining new ways” to tackle their growing power. A spokesman for his influential ‘Open Society Foundations’ told Axios it provided an $180,000, two-year grant to the Open Markets Institute last fall for work around web platforms. “The Open... 

Newly unearthed patents reveal how Google plans to spy on children and families in the home and then issue verbal instructions on how they can improve their behavior. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson revealed a September 2016 patent in which Google imagines how it can “take control of your parenting, your relationship with your children”. In one example, Google plans to track if children are attempting... 

The largest supercomputers in the world are inside of two companies… we’re pointing them at people’s brains, at children. Former Facebook and Google employees are speaking out against what they say are societal dangers posed by social media and smartphones. The group, which recently banded together to form the Center for Humane Technology, has teamed up with media watchdog Common Sense Media... 

Facebook has admitted that sometimes, it might actually be bad for democracy. Facebook is right about that. However, I’m not sure that the social media platform really understands why this is the case. The admission comes in a series of official blog posts by Facebook insiders about what effect social media can have on democracy. “I wish I could guarantee that the positives are destined to outweigh... 

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has been named the largest lobbyist in Washington, DC, in 2017, the first time ever that a tech company has claimed that mantle. Alphabet spent $18 million to influence US government policy in the past year. Brian Becker and John Kiriakou of Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear spoke to Chris Garaffa, an independent tech journalist and web developer with... 

Project Veritas’ exposure of Twitter’s alleged bias added to the controversy over potential censorship by major social media platforms. Speaking to Sputnik, Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel threw the sustainability of Silicon Valley titans’ business models into doubt and offered ways to hold Facebook, Google, Twitter and others accountable. “It seems Silicon Valley has become... 

Sicily has borne much of the brunt of the large wave of migrants coming into Italy. But despite this, the mayor of Palermo has declared his love for migrants saying that the future of Italy is “Google and Ali the immigrant”. Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando declared his love for newly arrived migrants from Africa, most of them coming into the country illegally claiming to be asylum seekers, in...