News of google

What we learned this week: November 14 to 21

21-11-2020 10:44 The most important stories from the last seven days in Argentina.

US Justice Dept files landmark antitrust case against Google

20-10-2020 18:06 US Justice Department sues Google for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising — the government’s most significant attempt to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago.

TECH & MEDIA

Journalism, beware of Google’s billion-dollar siren calls!

03-10-2020 08:40 The largest threat for Google and Facebook, and Big Tech in general, is regulation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Bloomberg

Google will pay publishers for news content to avoid regulation

01-10-2020 15:24 Alphabet Inc.’s Google will start paying select media outlets to display curated content on its news app in a concession to the industry which has accused the search engine and other tech giants of unfairly using content for years.

DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

Why Perfil is launching a paywall

12-09-2020 09:58 There’s no better time than now for Grupo Perfil to launch a paywall – here’s why we’ve taken that decision.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CYBER MILITANTS

Cristina vs. Google and the invisible battle for Wikipedia

08-08-2020 09:07 It’s unclear whether Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is aware or not, but a silent culture war is being fought in the digital theatre. Wikipedia is one of the main battlegrounds.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

VICE-PRESIDENT

CFK sues Google over 'thief of the nation' search engine result

06-08-2020 18:13 The complaint stems from May 17 when a Google search into the former president's name returned a result with "Thief of the Argentine Nation" in the place where her political position should have been.

ANTITRUST AND REGULATION

Big Tech’s Funday in Congress

01-08-2020 10:18 Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple have become some of the most powerful organisations in the world – and the global coronavirus pandemic has only made their dominant position even stronger.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Bloomberg

Virus lockdown cuts movement by 89% in Peru

15-04-2020 09:48 Data from Google show that Peru has done a better job than its neighbours in enforcing controls to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Video-calling apps

Bars closed? House parties, happy hours move online

23-03-2020 08:55 As well as a chance to catch up and blow off some steam, users say group video-calling apps are good for mental health in these anxious times.

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM

The dystopian digital world

29-02-2020 09:56 Google, Facebook, Amazon and others control both the flow of web traffic– and the flow of dollars. Sitting on both sides of the counter gives them unfair advantage over other players.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Bloomberg

Google is subject to EU privacy probe over location system

04-02-2020 14:26 US tech giant Google is under investigation over the processing of its users' geolocation data, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Tuesday.

ARGENTINE PONTIFF

Pope demands tech companies prevent kids from viewing porn

14-11-2019 12:45 Pope says tech companies should assume a moral responsibility to protect young people from what he said were the ruinous effects of pornography on their emotional and sexual development.