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Big Tech Opposes YouTube Exemption from Australia’s Ban on Social Media for Children

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Tech giants Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok have urged Australia to reconsider a decision to exempt Alphabet’s YouTube from its laws banning social media for children younger than 16. The landmark legislation setting some of the world’s most stringent limits on social media was approved by Australia’s parliament in November, forcing … Read more

Google Urges DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company

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Google is urging officials at President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to back away from a push to break up the search engine company, citing national security concerns, according to people familiar with the discussions.  Representatives for the Alphabet unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the US … Read more