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Google’s Gemini AI hacks three other companies during security test

September 19, 2026 World Justice News 0

Google says its Gemini AI hacked three other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities – in the first known example of the system autonomously committing such an act. Google‘s vice president of security […]

British government to introduce new law to force tech firms to prevent children taking or sharing nude images

September 11, 2026 World Justice News 0

The government has said it will introduce a new law to force tech firms to prevent children from taking or sharing nude images on mobile devices. Apple and Google, which develop the operating systems of […]

Google must pay record €4.1bn fine over antitrust issues

July 5, 2026 World Justice News 0

Google will have to pay a record €4.1bn (£3.5bn, $4.67bn) fine after it lost its fight against EU antitrust regulators. Eight years ago, the search engine giant was handed a €4.3bn fine by the regulator […]

Google’s YouTube settles social media addiction case with teen

June 25, 2026 World Justice News 0

Google’s YouTube has settled a social media addiction case brought by a 15-year-old in Florida, in a fresh legal blow for online platforms accused of fuelling a mental health crisis among children. The teenager, who […]

Social media addiction case: Meta and Google found liable for social media addiction in landmark case

March 25, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Los Angeles jury has handed down an unprecedented win for a young woman who sued Meta and Google over her childhood addiction to social media. A panel of jurors found Meta and Google intentionally […]

Google Invokes First Amendment to Shield Gmail Users from Piracy Subpoena

February 27, 2026 World Justice News 0

Google is refusing to hand over subscriber data for dozens of Gmail users in an ongoing piracy lawsuit at an Illinois federal court. Adult entertainment company Flava Works is trying to identify the alleged pirates, […]

Tech giants face landmark trial over social media addiction claims

January 27, 2026 World Justice News 0

A landmark social media addiction trial in which top tech executives are expected to testify begins on Tuesday in California. The plaintiff, a 19-year-old woman identified by the initials KGM, alleges the design of the […]

Google employee made redundant after reporting manager who showed nude of wife, court hears

January 11, 2026 World Justice News 0

A senior Google employee has claimed she was made redundant after reporting a manager who told clients stories about his swinger lifestyle and showed a nude of his wife. Victoria Woodall told an employment tribunal […]

Google threatened with break-up by US

October 9, 2024 World Justice News 0

The US government says it is considering whether to ask a judge to break up search engine giant Google, in a move that could reshape how technology giants do business. The Department of Justice (DoJ) […]

EU court rules Google must pay €2.4bn fine

September 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

Europe’s top court has ruled Google must pay a €2.4bn (£2bn) fine handed down for abusing the market dominance of its shopping comparison service. The tech giant had appealed against the fine, which was originally […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]