Irish regulator readies draft choices in first big tech privateness probes

The primary draft choices by way of Eire's information privateness regulator on probes int...
The first draft decisions by Ireland's data privacy regulator on probes int...

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  1. "TikTok owner ByteDance has accused Facebook of plagiarism and smears although it did not elaborate on the accusation". (August 3, 2020)
  2. "Facebook confirmed on Thursday that chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed earlier this week at a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigative hearing as part of the government's antitrust probe into the social media company". (August 20, 2020)
  3. "Alphabet Inc's Google will stop responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong authorities, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter". (August 14, 2020)
  4. "Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will defend the social media powerhouse before a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Wednesday on the market power of major tech firms". (July 28, 2020)
  5. "Google urged the European Commission on Thursday to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach to the tech industry in its forthcoming Digital Services Act". (September 3, 2020)
  6. "British finance minister Rishi Sunak plans to drop a tax on technology companies such as Facebook and Google because it does not raise much money and could hurt a push for a U.S. trade deal, the Mail on Sunday newspaper said". (August 23, 2020)
  7. "Facebook Inc has not done enough to fight discrimination on its platform and some of its decisions were setbacks for civil rights, according to an independent audit commissioned by the company, the New York Times reported". (July 8, 2020)
  8. "Facebook has secured a court order to temporarily stop EU antitrust regulators' information requests related to their investigations into the company's data and online marketplace, according to a General Court ruling". (July 28, 2020)
  9. "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok". (July 7, 2020)
  10. "HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, has secured $230 million of investment from partners including Google , Qualcomm and Nokia Technologies , to help accelerate its development of 5G devices". (August 11, 2020)
  11. "Facebook France has accepted paying more than 100 million euros in taxes, including a penalty, relating to its accounting years before 2018, French financial magazine Capital reported on its website". (August 24, 2020)
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