Appeals Court: Social Media Companies Must Face Thousands of Addiction Lawsuits August 11, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok,...
Google to Face UK Class Action for Alleged Abuse of Ad Power August 6, 2026 By Upmanyu Trivedi Alphabet Inc.’s Google faces a class action lawsuit over alleged abuse of its dominance after an antitrust tribunal allowed a...
Google Rivals Line Up Seeking Damages After Record $1 Billion EU Fine July 28, 2026 By Supantha Mukherjee and Foo Yun Chee A decades-long crackdown on Google’s business practices in Europe is entering a costly new phase, as the loss of the...
Google Loses Fight Against Record €4.1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine July 6, 2026 By Foo Yun Chee and Sudip Kar-Gupta Alphabet’s Google on Thursday lost its long-running fight against a record EU antitrust fine for using its Android mobile operating...
Google’s YouTube Settles Case Over Social Media Harm to Children June 25, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Google’s YouTube has settled a lawsuit brought by a minor who claimed the platform damaged his mental health, his lawyers...
Scammers Used Gemini AI to Help Build Spam Messages, Google Says June 12, 2026 By Lorelei Smillie Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to...
Google and Meta Denied New Trial in Youth Social Media Addiction Case June 11, 2026 By Jody Godoy A state court judge has denied motions by Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube seeking a new trial after a jury...
Google Engineer Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket May 29, 2026 By Chris Dolmetsch A Google software engineer was charged with insider trading on Polymarket, where he allegedly made more than $1 million betting...
Google Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit for $50 Million May 13, 2026 By Barbara Ortutay Google has settled with Black employees who alleged systemic racial disparities in hiring, pay, and advancement in a lawsuit filed...
Investors Press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on Water, Power Use in Data Centers April 8, 2026 By Simon Jessop, Valerie Volcovici and Supantha Mukherjee Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the...