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LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: In this photo illustration, the Amazon Prime app is seen on a mobile phone on January 11, 2021 in London, United Kingdom.

Amazon makes it too difficult to cancel Prime, groups tell FTC

By Matt Day, Ben Brody, and others

Signage at an entrance to a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.’s Google. At its center is a bold claim: Google colluded with archrival Facebook Inc. in an illegal deal to manipulate auctions for online advertising, an industry the two companies dominate. Photographer:

Google is hit with another antitrust lawsuit, adding to its legal woes

By Ben Brody, David McLaughlin, and others

PARIS, FRANCE – DECEMBER 14: In this photo illustration, the logos of the applications, Street View, Google Earth, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Hangouts, Google, Gmail, Chrome, Google News, Drive, Google Earth, and Chrome are displayed on the screen of an iPhone on December 14, 2020 in Paris, France. A global bug has affected Google services since midday. An unprecedented incident: most Google services, including YouTube and Gmail messaging, experienced a major global outage on Monday, December 14 at midday. Google indicated on its dashboard accessible online that all its services were affected, and this for “the majority of users”.

Texas sues Google over antitrust violations

By Ben Brody and Bloomberg

TikTok, YouTube, Amazon targeted by FTC in privacy review

By Ben Brody, David McLaughlin, and others

A person wears a face mask outside Google’s offices in Chelsea.

House panel proposes largest antitrust reforms in decades to rein in Big Tech

By Ben Brody, David McLaughlin, and others

TikTok

TikTok is suing the U.S. over Trump administration ban

By Edvard Pettersson, David Glovin, and others

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. last month. Trump is widely expected to sign an executive order on Thursday aimed at social media companies, limiting the liability protections they currently enjoy. Wire photography: Alex Wong—Getty Images

Still fuming over a fact-checked Tweet, President Trump expected to sign executive order aimed at social media platforms

By Ben Brody, Mario Parker, and others

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2020. Trump said Monday he will seek a payroll tax cut and "very substantial relief" for industries that have been hit by the virus.

As Trump eyes coronavirus payroll tax cut, travel, energy and factory groups line up to plea for economic aid

By Ben Brody, Megan Wilson, and others

Charles Koch

The Koch political network has given itself a new job—advising tech firms how to stand up to Washington

By Ben Brody and Bloomberg

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 11: Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM, speaks during the press days at the 2019 IAA Frankfurt Auto Show on September 11, 2019 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The IAA will be open to the public from September 12 through 22. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

‘The next frontier in tech policy:’ IBM pushes business to help government develop A.I. anti-bias rules

By Ben Brody, Olivia Carville, and others

Doorbell-Camera Company Ring Partners With Over 400 Police Departments, Raising Surveillance Concerns

Amazon’s Ring Fired at Least Four Staffers Who Tried to Access Customer Data

By Matt Day, Ben Brody, and others

Russian App FaceApp

Russian Apps Are ‘a Potential Counterintelligence Threat,’ FBI Warns

By Ben Brody and Bloomberg

Microsoft Chief Privacy Officer Julie Brill wrote in a blog post that the company will extend the protections of California’s new Consumer Privacy Act to all U.S. customers.

Microsoft Will Extend Protection Promised by California Consumer Privacy Act to All U.S. Users

By Ben Brody and Bloomberg

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 17: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leads a conversation on free expression at Georgetown University on October 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. The event was hosted by the university’s McCourt School of Public Policy and its Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics). (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Facebook)

Facebook and Amazon Set Lobbying Records as Washington Eyes Big Tech’s Business Practices

By Naomi Nix, Ben Brody, and others

Google headquarters

Google Is About to Go Under the Antitrust Microscope by Group of More Than 25 State Attorneys General

By Ben Brody and Bloomberg