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FILE - In this June 15, 2017 photo, people walk inside the Oculus in New York. Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations. State attorneys general announced the settlement Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 calling it the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S history. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

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Google, 40 states settle location-tracking dispute for $392M

by Dave Collins Associated Press, and Marcy Gordon Associated PressNovember 14, 2022

HARTFORD, Conn. — Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced Monday.The states’ investigation was sparked by…

FILE - An outside view of the German media giant Bertelsmann in Guetersloh, Germany, is shown March 13, 2003. The government and publishing titan Penguin Random House, owned by Bertelsmann, are set to exchange opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, as the U.S. seeks to block the biggest U.S. book publisher from absorbing rival Simon & Schuster. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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US aims to block publishing merger

by Marcy Gordon Associated Press, and Hillel Italie Associated PressAugust 1, 2022

FILE - This May 18, 2021, photo shows a person typing on a laptop on a train in New Jersey. Democratic lawmakers are widening their scrutiny into the role of tech companies in collecting personal data of people who may be seeking an abortion, as lawmakers, regulators and the Biden administration grapple with the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling ending the constitutional protections for abortion. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

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Democrats widen scrutiny of tech over abortion data privacy

by Marcy Gordon Associated PressJuly 22, 2022

FILE - Drivers and their tanker trucks capable of hauling water and hydraulic fracturing liquid line up near a natural gas burn off flame and storage tanks in Williston, N.D., on June 9, 2014. Under new rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, March 21, 2022, companies would be required to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions they produce and how climate risk affects their business, as part of a drive across the government to address climate change. (AP...

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SEC proposes new corporate rules on climate risks

by Marcy Gordon Associated PressMarch 21, 2022

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States probe TikTok’s effect on kids’ health

by Marcy Gordon Associated PressMarch 2, 2022

Judge dismisses US antitrust suits vs. Facebook

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Marcy Gordon Associated PressJune 28, 2021

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers. The litigation marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. The suit could be an opening salvo...

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Justice files landmark antitrust case against Google

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Marcy Gordon Associated PressOctober 20, 2020

President Donald Trump talks about the Endurance all-electric pickup truck, made in Lordstown, Ohio, at the White House, Monday, in Washington.

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Trump went further than other uber-rich to shrink taxes

by Paul Wiseman Associated Press, and Marcy Gordon Associated PressSeptember 28, 2020

FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration has abruptly dropped on Friday, June 19, its insistence on secrecy for a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses. Mnuchin refused to do so at a Senate hearing last week, saying the data was “proprietary information.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people

by Marcy Gordon Associated PressJune 25, 2020

From left Monika Bickert, head of global policy management at Facebook, Nick Pickles, public policy director for Twitter, Derek Slater, global director of information policy at Google, and Anti-Defamation League Senior Vice President of Programs George Selim testify before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on how internet and social media companies are prepared to thwart terrorism and extremism, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP...

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In Congress, tech execs discuss extremist content

by Marcy Gordon Associated PressSeptember 18, 2019