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Google Faces $29 Billion Class Action Over Alleged Data Collection Misconduct as Privacy Trials Heat Up

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San Francisco, California — A federal jury was presented with a request for $29 billion in damages from Google LLC users in a class action lawsuit that alleges the tech giant continued collecting personal data despite users disabling a privacy setting. The case, which commenced Tuesday, claims that almost 100 million users were misled by Google regarding the control they had over their data privacy. During the opening arguments in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, class attorney David Boies outlined the basis of the staggering damages claim. He noted that … Read more

Google Faces EU Antitrust Lawsuit Over Controversial AI Summaries, Sparking Publisher Concerns

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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Google is facing an antitrust lawsuit from the Independent Publishers Alliance, a nonprofit representing various publishers, regarding the company’s AI Summaries feature. Launched in Google Search last year, this tool is accused of misappropriating content from the web to generate AI-driven overviews, undermining the interests of publishers. The complaint submitted to the European Commission claims that the introduction of AI Summaries has resulted in significant damage to publishers, particularly within the news sector, leading to a decline in traffic, readership, and revenue. Rosa Curling, a director at Foxglove, a UK-based legal nonprofit … Read more