The competition watchdog calls for new rules to tackle tech giants, including powers to break them up.
Facebook first disclosed the Federal Trade Commission was investigating its business in July 2019.
The Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general filed antitrust lawsuits against Facebook over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
What happened: The US Federal Trade Commission has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook for its “anticompetitive conduct and unfair methods of competition.” That includes its 2012 acquisition of Instagram and 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp. Facebook, the FTC alleges, has a monopoly on social networking. “Since toppling early rival MySpace and achieving monopoly power, Facebook…
Increasing diversity in the ranks is necessary, but not sufficient, to create change in the industry.
Sundar Pichai's response to the controversy did not take full responsibility or strong action, say critics.
Sundar Pichai also apologized for what he acknowledged was a breach in trust with staff.
A top Google scientist on ethical artificial intelligence says she was fired after criticizing the company's diversity efforts, a claim the Alphabet Inc unit disputed on Thursday, in the latest brush-up between the internet giant and worker activists.
Timnit Gebru, a critic of some of the firm's policies, says she was dismissed over an internal email.
The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business.