Meta emails advertisers about “location fees” in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees
Meta Platforms is asking advertisers to cover the costs of digital services taxes, levies imposed by countries on local sales made by technology firms.
South Korea approves Google's request to export detailed geographic data overseas, reversing a longstanding policy that made Google Maps largely nonfunctional
South Korea approved Google's request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional.
Source: Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines
Source: Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines
Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google is poised to start testing changes to its search results to give rivals more prominence …
Malaysia blocks access to Grindr's and Blued's websites and says it may engage with Google and Apple to curb the LGBTQ dating apps in the Muslim-majority nation
Malaysia has blocked access to LGBTQ+ networking and dating sites Grindr and Blued, with authorities reviewing legal measures …
Google rejected 1.75M policy-violating Android apps and blocked 80K+ developer accounts from Google Play in 2025, down from 2.36M apps and 158K accounts in 2024
Fewer bad actors are targeting Google Play with malicious apps, the company says, a shift that the tech giant credits …
Sources: the US DHS recently sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas, which do not need a judge's approval, to tech firms to identify people critical of ICE
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment …
Google warns that the EU risks undermining its own competitiveness drive with the “tech sovereignty package” the bloc is set to present in the spring
Sources: the US DHS recently sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas, which do not need a judge's approval, to tech firms to identify people critical of ICE
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment …
Google warns that the EU risks undermining its own competitiveness drive with the “tech sovereignty package” the bloc is set to present in the spring
Europe risks undermining its own competitiveness drive through curbs on US groups, tech company says