Legal
Does the 9th Circuit’s decision in HiQ vs. LinkedIn open the floodgates to scraping?
The case may still be reheard or appealed but it appears to be a broad ruling in favor of "the open internet."...
Ecosia says it will boycott ‘search choice’ auction on Android in Europe
Will other European search engines also reject Google's antitrust remedy?...
Google to offer mandated ‘search choice’ to EU Android users in 2020
However, use of an auction for inclusion on the choice screen has some search rivals complaining....
Google to add attribution to licensed lyrics providers
Google responds to the allegations that it scraped Genius lyrics without paying for that...
Google allegedly caught scraping lyrics from Genius
Lyrics site Genius used Morse code to catch Google 'red...
Reports: Google, Amazon to face new antitrust inquiries in changed political climate
Reportedly the DOJ will investigate Google and the FTC will take on Amazon....
DuckDuckGo proposes the “Do-Not-Track Act of 2019”
If enacted, the law would require sites to honor user tracking...
New European Google local SERPs prompt users to ‘find results on’ other sites
Google appears to be trying to prevent a formal local search antitrust...
Google to offer browser, search-app choices in Android Europe set-up flow
Users will be asked to choose from among five search and browser apps in randomized...
Google fined another $1.7 billion by EU for ‘abusive’ AdSense publisher contracts
Google has now been fined a cumulative total of roughly $9.3 billion and there's one more potential case lurking....
Yelps says Google trying to bring back ‘discredited’ shopping antitrust remedy
Company says the approach only delivers marginally better traffic to competitors' sites....
SEO industry ‘a minefield of dodgy practitioners’: Australian official seeks action
Small business advocate is calling for new regulation....
DuckDuckGo CEO testifies: Privacy legislation isn’t ‘anti-advertising’
Gabriel Weinberg also believes that privacy legislation can make the internet more competitive....
Google lobs invective at EU Copyright Directive
SVP Kent Walker urges changes in language ahead of ratification....
EU copyright directive poised to become law, includes licensing fees for search engines
Controversial 'link tax' and content filtering provisions part of the final language of the Directive....
No surprise: Clicks plummet when images, article info stripped from news results in SERP
Google sought to show potential 'unintended consequences' of new copyright rules that require fees when content is shown in search results....
Google ordered to submit search index to state sponsorship in Russia
Google has a 45 percent search market share in Russia, second only to Yandex....
EU copyright directive nearing final form as Google tests stripped-down news SERPs
Once the language is finalized, each member state will need to ratify the directive....
Google may be headed for victory in EU right-to-be-forgotten indexing appeal
The top legal advisor for the European Court of Justice has recommended that delisting under RTBF not extend outside the EU....
Google facing fine in Russia for allegedly not purging banned websites
The fine would be just over $10,000, but Russian officials are seeking penalties of 1 percent of global revenue going forward....