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Google hit with €4.3bn Android fine from EU

July 18, 2018 World Justice News 0

Google has been fined a record €4.34bn ($5bn; £3.9bn) over Android. The European Commission said the firm had used the mobile operating systemto illegally “cement its dominant position in general internet search”. The firm’s parent Alphabet […]

Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case

April 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

A businessman fighting for the “right to be forgotten” has won a UK High Court action against Google. The man, who has not been named due to reporting restrictions surrounding the case, wanted search results […]

Google faces mass legal action in UK over data snooping

November 30, 2017 World Justice News 0

Google is being taken to court, accused of collecting the personal data of millions of users, in the first mass legal action of its kind in the UK. It focuses on allegations that Google unlawfully […]

Canada’s Supreme Court Orders Google to Remove Search Results Worldwide

June 29, 2017 World Justice News 0

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has ordered Google to remove a company’s websites from search results. The case had nothing to do with copyright but according to music industry group IFPI, […]

Google Docs users hit by phishing scam

May 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

Google says it has stopped a phishing email that reached about a million of its users. The scam claimed to come from Google Docs – a service that allows people to share and edit documents […]

Google Updates Ads Polices Again, Ramps Up AI to Curtail YouTube Crisis

April 3, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Two weeks into a YouTube advertising boycott over hateful videos, Google is taking more steps to curb a crisis that escalated further than the company anticipated. Alphabet Inc.’s main division is introducing a new system […]

Judge signs warrant ordering Google to provide info on anyone who searched for specific name

March 20, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Search warrants are certainly not a new thing, but they tend to have a limited scope of application, as per the Fourth Amendment. It is therefore a little troubling to see this new report detailing […]

Data breached for more than 1M Google accounts, researchers say

December 1, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

More than one million Google users had their accounts breached by malicious software designed to hit Android smartphones, Check Point Software Technologies reported. Another 13,000 devices are breached each day, the company reported. The malware, […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]