EU deal will push Google, Facebook, others to police platforms against hate speech, disinformation https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/eu-deal-will-push-google-facebook-others-to-police-platforms-against-hate-speech-disinformation
Google, Meta, and others will have to explain their algorithms under new EU legislation https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/23/23036976/eu-digital-services-act-finalized-algorithms-targeted-advertising
Google is rolling out new cookie popups with “reject all” option in Europe https://www.ghacks.net/2022/04/22/google-is-rolling-out-new-cookie-popups-with-reject-all-option-in-europe/
Google Play makes bizarre decision to ban call-recording apps https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/googles-accessibility-crackdown-bans-call-recording-apps-from-the-play-store/
Brave, DuckDuckGo to unplug Google’s AMP where possible https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/21/brave_duckduckgo_google_amp/
Google crackdown kicks a bunch of data-stealing malware off the Play Store https://www.androidpolice.com/google-play-store-boots-data-harvesting-software-intelligence/
Attacking rival, Google says Microsoft’s hold on government security is a problem https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/attacking-rival-google-says-microsofts-hold-government-security-proble-rcna22159
Chrome’s “Topics” advertising system is here, whether you want it or not https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/googles-topics-advertising-system-starts-rolling-out-to-chrome-canary/
Google Workspace tracking changes are delayed until May https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/google-workspace-will-re-enable-tracking-for-many-users-today/
Google looks to be building Bluetooth tracker detection directly into Android https://9to5google.com/2022/03/29/android-bluetooth-tracker-detection/
Google routinely hides emails from litigation by CCing attorneys, DOJ alleges https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/google-routinely-hides-emails-from-litigation-by-ccing-attorneys-doj-alleges/
Today Google is turning on activity tracking for many users that previously turned it off. https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/google-turns-on-activity-tracking-even-if-turned-off/
Privacy advocates raise concern over Google’s access to Messages and Phone metadata https://www.androidpolice.com/google-messages-phone-app-text-messages-call-logs-google/
Android’s Messages, Dialer apps quietly sent text, call info to Google https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/google_messages_gdpr/
FBI Gains Access to Sci-Hub Founder’s Google Account Data https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-gains-access-to-sci-hub-founders-google-account-data-220303/
Bryan's Blog 