Google adds opt-out for Gmail’s ‘smart features’ to reassure regulators Users can disable features such as Smart Reply that use personal data to improve experience
Social media firms must face sanction for ‘anti-vax content’, demands Labour Opposition claims that online disinformation poses a threat to the effective take-up of coronavirus vaccines
Google denies Peter Costello’s claim it uses Australian news content to boost revenue Nine chairman says company invests millions of dollars in content that Google and facebook use to bloster their platforms
Facebook extends political ad ban in US for at least a month Deadline pushed back amid ongoing wave of US election misinformation
YouTube fails to remove video falsely declaring Trump victory Google also criticised for providing advertising services to far-right misinformation sites
Facebook and Twitter take emergency steps against Trump false victory claims Two tech platforms counter misinformation with statements that votes are still being counted
Big tech firms add $163bn to market values despite Covid and legal scrutiny Google, Facebook and Amazon rally in third-quarter earnings reports
Republicans use congressional hearing to berate tech CEOs and claim Trump is ‘censored’ Hearing with Twitter, Facebook and Google CEOs was meant to focus on section 230, a law that protects internet companies
Section 230: tech CEOs to defend key internet law before Congress Facebook, Twitter and Google chiefs to argue against law’s repeal amid unsubstantiated claims of anti-conservative bias
The Guardian view on trustbusting Google: change is needed Editorial: Tech giants are not playing according to economic rules set by the market, but by rules they largely set themselves. That won’t wash
Big tech accused of avoiding $2.8bn in tax to poorest countries Reform of international corporate taxation could transform health and education, says report
The US has a good record on fighting monopolies. Now it’s Google’s turn The tech giant claims that no one is forced to use its search engine. All power to regulators set on proving otherwise
You don’t need a search engine to see why Google won’t lose this lawsuit The US Justice Department’s complaint that the tech giant has monopolised the web is too little, too late
Google is facing the biggest antitrust case in a generation. What could happen? Filing is first step in a battle that could take years, and experts say it will probably move forward even if Biden wins the election
A US antitrust suit might break up Google. Good – it’s the Standard Oil of our day Republicans and Democrats finally agree on something: big tech’s power threatens our economies and our flow of information