# Google

Last week

15th January 2023 - 28th January 2023

# tech lay offs

Google's parent company Alphabet plans to cut around 12,000 jobs, 6% of its global workforce

Minister Simon Coveney said he will be meeting with the Head of Google Ireland next week to ‘clarify impact here’.

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Updated Jan 20th 2023, 3:57 PM

Last month

December 2022

# Privacy

EU court rules Google must delete inaccurate search information if proven wrong

Search engines must “dereference information” if the person making the request can demonstrate the material is “manifestly inaccurate”.

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Dec 8th 2022, 2:48 PM

Last year

2022

# location tracking

Google reaches $391.5 million settlement with 40 US states over location tracking

The investigation by the states found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking.

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Nov 14th 2022, 5:54 PM

# fleeing russia

Google searches for ways to leave Russia spike as Putin announces conscription of reserves

A police monitoring group has said that more than 1,000 people have been arrested for taking part in anti-mobilisation protests.

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Updated Sep 21st 2022, 8:23 PM

# Google fine

Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine

Google is set to be hit with a fine of €4.125 billion

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Sep 14th 2022, 9:34 AM

# location data

Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits

Other places from which Google will not store location data include fertility centers and addiction treatment facilities.

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Jul 2nd 2022, 7:33 AM

# Passwords

Apple, Google and Microsoft agree to support ‘passwordless’ sign-ins

The technology giants have said they will back a new sign-in standard that could replace written passwords.

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May 5th 2022, 5:05 PM

# Courts

High Court challenge alleges DPC failed to investigate complaint made about Google, IAB Europe

Dr Johnny Ryan claims the Data Protection Commission has delayed investigating his 2018 complaint regarding the two companies.

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Mar 14th 2022, 4:16 PM

# Google Ireland Ltd

Tory MP reaches settlement over Google ad suggesting he was 'sympathetic to abuse of children'

Google Ireland Ltd issued an apology to Lee Anderson at a High Court hearing in London today.

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Mar 10th 2022, 12:34 PM

# Google

Fitbit recalls one million Ionic watches after burn injuries

Fitbit received 115 reports of the battery overheating in the US, with 78 reports of burn injuries.

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Mar 2nd 2022, 8:56 PM

# the good information project

'We have to think hard about prioritisation': The environmental impact of Ireland's data centres

With around 70 data centres in Ireland and more to come, tech companies are now using a massively outsized amount of energy.

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Feb 27th 2022, 7:30 AM

# Ads

Publishers aim to 'break Google's stranglehold' over advertising with antitrust complaint

The European Publishers Council has lodged the complaint with the European Commission.

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Feb 11th 2022, 10:58 AM

All time

# Russia

Russia fines Google €85 million over banned content

Russia regularly takes legal action for not removing content it labels illegal, such as pornographic material or posts condoning drugs.

16.6k

Dec 24th 2021, 2:34 PM

# Google

Google employees 'will need to be vaccinated' before returning to offices

Google Ireland said they had no specifics regarding the measure in this country.

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Updated Jul 29th 2021, 2:35 PM

# thorny issues

Explainer: Why bosses could be on shaky legal ground if they ask staff about vaccine status

Asking workers to be fully vaccinated before returning to work raises thorny legal issues.

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Jul 29th 2021, 1:50 PM

# one-star reviews

Restaurants dealing with 'malicious, coordinated' campaign of abuse from anti-vaccine cert protesters

A Facebook page is coordinating an online campaign against businesses that reopened indoor dining this week.

A Facebook page is encouraging users to leave negative comments on pubs' and restaurants' reopening posts, and to boycott those businesses.

One-star reviews are also being left for businesses that have reopened indoor dining, with many leaving such reviews on multiple businesses across the country.

The Restaurant Association of Ireland has written a letter to the Government, and is to contact Facebook and Google about fraudulent bookings and reviews.

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Jul 29th 2021, 12:05 AM

# A taxing matter

Ireland is holding out on the historic global deal on corporate tax. Why? And at what cost?

Ireland is one of just nine countries out of 139 to reject the deal.

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Jul 2nd 2021, 4:53 PM

# advertisement

French regulator fines Google €220m for favouring ads for own services at expense of rivals

The penalty is part of a settlement reached after three media groups accused Google in 2019 of abusing a dominant market position.

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Jun 7th 2021, 3:19 PM

# Coronavirus

'I was appalled': Tánaiste asked social media firms to combat 'illegal' gatherings after Grafton St protest

Leo Varadkar contacted the companies following a protest in March.

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May 31st 2021, 12:05 AM

# Android

Australian court rules Google misled mobile users about how it gathered their location data

Google is considering an appeal of the ruling.

8.5k

Apr 16th 2021, 9:06 AM

# Australia

Australia passes law to make Google and Facebook pay for news

Final amendments to the laws were passed after consultation between Canberra and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.

10.9k

Feb 25th 2021, 7:05 AM

# crashed

Schools reporting fewer online classes 'broken into', says principals association

We spoke to one parent whose son’s class was crashed by a stranger who shared inappropriate material.

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Jan 24th 2021, 7:30 AM

# Social Media

Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia amid row over paying media outlets

The law aims to make Google and Facebook pay Australian media companies fairly for using news content they siphon from news sites.

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Jan 22nd 2021, 8:37 AM

# Explainer

Pro-Trump social media app Parler was a breeding ground for extremism - so why has it only been taken offline now?

At the height of its powers, Parler had 10 million users.

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Jan 11th 2021, 3:47 PM

# big tech

'Too big to care': 2020 was the year that Europe got serious about tackling Big Tech

Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple all faced heavy regulatory scrutiny in 2020.

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Dec 31st 2020, 7:30 PM

# tech goliath

Texas and 10 other US states sue Google for anti-competitive practices

“If the free market was a baseball game, Google positioned itself as the pitcher, the batter and the umpire,” Texas’ Attorney General said.

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Dec 16th 2020, 10:15 PM

# digital gatekeepers

EU unveils new rules to curb tech giants' power

Companies including Google, Amazon and Facebook could face fines of up to 10% of their revenues for breaking competition rules.

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Updated Dec 15th 2020, 4:52 PM

# google down

Google says worldwide service outage caused by internal technical fault

Google apologised to all users affected by the outage.

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Updated Dec 14th 2020, 7:50 PM

# cookies

France slaps fines of €100 million on Google and €35 million on Amazon over advertising cookies

The data watchdog said users were “either insufficiently informed or never informed” of cookies being placed on their computers.

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Dec 10th 2020, 8:35 AM

# Tech

US government sues Google over its 'illegal monopoly' on internet search and advertising services

The case is one of the country’s biggest antitrust lawsuits in decades.

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Oct 20th 2020, 5:45 PM

# Dispute

Google must negotiate with media groups over paying for online news, Paris court rules

The ruling came as the US firm announced it was close to a deal on compensating French media groups.

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Oct 8th 2020, 10:19 AM

# Tech giants

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have too much power and abuse their positions, US Congress report says

Democrats in the US are hoping to rein in the power of the tech giants.

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Oct 7th 2020, 8:58 AM

# Boom and Bust

Ghost town?: What does Google's decision to pull out of an office deal mean for the landscape of Dublin city centre?

Property experts say rumours of the capital’s demise are greatly exaggerated.

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Sep 12th 2020, 8:33 AM

# Offices

Google cancels plan to lease large office space in Dublin

The Sorting Office space is 202,000 sq feet in size.

94.1k

Sep 7th 2020, 9:45 PM

# News

Google tells Australians law forcing tech giants to pay for news will affect their user experience

Google has argued that paying news outlets for the content they produce is an ‘unfair advantage’.

15.2k

Aug 17th 2020, 7:16 AM

# battle royale

Fortnite makers sue Apple and Google after it's pulled from mobile app stores

Epic Games recently released an update that dodges revenue sharing with the tech giants.

53.1k

Aug 14th 2020, 10:43 AM

# Google Play services

HSE working with Google to fix problem with Covid Tracker app that drains Android phone batteries

The HSE said that the problem should be fixed within 24 hours.

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Aug 9th 2020, 4:50 PM

# China

China accuses US of 'political suppression' after Trump's executive order targeting TikTok

The order comes into effect in 45 days and appears to ban transactions with the Chinese owners of the app.

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Updated Aug 7th 2020, 10:10 AM

# Competition

EU launches 'in-depth' probe of Google's bid for Fitbit

There is concern that acquiring Fitbit’s user data will strengthen Google’s position in targeted advertising.

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Aug 4th 2020, 2:36 PM

# bark or byte

Head honchos at Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to face questions from US politicians today

The tech giants are being investigated for alleged anti-competitive practices.

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Jul 29th 2020, 6:10 AM