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Google is fined €2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) by the Court of Justice of the European Union for favoring its own shopping search results over those of its competitors.
2024-09-10

Google settles a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on users using "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser, misleading users by implying their internet activities would not be tracked, while advertising technologies continued to collect information.
2023-12-30

A US$5 billion class action lawsuit is filed against Alphabet Inc. and Google, alleging the company violates users' right to privacy by tracking them in Chrome's incognito mode.
2020-06-2

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce they are stepping down as CEO and president respectively from the company. Sundar Pichai will become the new CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. effective immediately.
2019-12-3

Google's DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence program defeats South Korean grand master Lee Se-dol in the ancient game of Go.
2016-03-9

The United States Federal Communications Commission rejects privacy advocacy group Consumer Watchdog's petition to make it illegal for Internet companies like Google, Facebook and ad providers to ignore "Do Not Track" browser settings.
2015-11-6

Google completes its reorganization into Alphabet Inc., becoming its leading subsidiary. Sundar Pichai becomes CEO of Google.
2015-10-2

The "Wall Street Journal" reports that European Union regulators have announced plans to file charges against American Internet company Google following a European Union investigation.
2015-04-14

Google announces a new system aimed at removing child pornography from the internet.
2013-06-16

After the Egyptian government censorship of social media websites (such as Twitter, Facebook and Google), internet access and SMS networks are cut off in response to anti-government protests.
2011-01-28