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The United States Department of Justice files an antitrust lawsuit against Google.
2020-10-20

Google and YouTube announce that after the polls close on November 3 for the Presidential election, they will stop allowing political ads even if there is confusion or civil unrest while votes are counted.
2020-09-25

Google announces that it is shutting down its Google+ network for consumers after seven years due to "very low usage" and a software error, first reported by "The Wall Street Journal", that potentially exposed the data of 500,000 users. Google+ will fully shut down in August 2019.
2018-10-8

Alphabet Inc. announces Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, who has been chief executive of Google-Alphabet since 2001, will step down in January 2018. Schmidt will continue to serve on Alphabet's board of directors.
2017-12-21

Google and Cuba forge a deal about better access to the Internet for the island.
2016-12-13

The European Union formally charges Google with antitrust breaches.
2015-04-15

The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holds in favor of Google in a lawsuit based on Wisconsin privacy laws in a decision that will tend to protect the vendors of search engines from those who object to the unwholesome responses they get when entering a vanity search.
2013-03-6

New research reveals Apple and Google are running their iPhone and Android software to build gigantic databases from owners' movements as governments move to investigate.
2011-04-22

The European Commission launches an anti-trust investigation of Google.
2010-11-30

The German government meets to discuss Google's Street View mapping service.
2010-09-20