Google reportedly under antitrust investigation, again Andrew Torba, September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Share this: According to the Wall Street Journal Google is facing concerns among antitrust investigators who believe that a new internet protocol being built by Google will give it an unfair competitive advantage. This isn’t the only antitrust investigation Google is facing and we will likely see more in the future as the Silicon Valley oligarchs face off with government regulators. In particular, Gab is interested in seeing antitrust action at the App Store level to tackle the duopoly that Apple and Google have on mobile app distribution. Investigators for the House Judiciary Committee asked Google in a Sept. 13 letter for information about its “decision regarding whether to adopt or promote the adoption” of the protocol, the Journal reported. The new standard, called DNS-over-HTTPS, aims to improve internet privacy and security by encrypting traffic, hampering hackers’ ability to spoof websites. Google plans to begin testing the new protocol with users of its Chrome browser next month. Privacy is on the front burner these days as consumers come to grips with just how much data companies have gathered from them. Facebook is still dealing with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the UK-based company obtained data on 87 million people without their permission. But the new standard could alter internet competition, with cable and wireless companies being cut off from much of users’ valuable DNS surfing data. That would give Google an unfair advantage in user data, companies worry. “Google has no plans to centralize or change people’s DNS providers to Google by default,” a Google spokesperson said. “Any claim that we are trying to become the centralized encrypted DNS provider is inaccurate.” Leaders of the House Judiciary Committee are conducting an antitrust investigation of Google, as well as Apple, Amazon and Facebook, exploring competition in online markets and whether big tech companies are engaging in “anti-competitive conduct.” The House probe comes as tech giants faces a flood of scrutiny from government regulators, who’ve targeted tech companies over potential anti-competitive behavior, privacy breaches and data misuse.Source Big Tech google
Big Tech WAR: Facebook and Twitter Unleash Mass Censorship To Protect Biden Campaign October 14, 2020November 19, 2020 Share this:Both Facebook and Twitter are censoring this NYPost article to help the Biden campaign. Facebook’s Comms person openly admitted that they were throttling the distribution of the article. Twitter is outright preventing anyone from sharing it. Read More
Big Tech Facebook “Fact Checks” Vaccines To Stop “Disinformation” September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Share this: Read More
Big Tech YouTube killing built-in ‘Messages’ feature next month August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Share this:YouTube is killing their DM system. They don’t want you communicating in “private” on their platform anymore. In fact, in an ideal world they don’t want you exchanging messages at all. They want you passively consuming videos and ads, all day long. Like a good consumer data slave. RIP YouTube… Read More