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District of Columbia District Judge Amit Mehta finds Google guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by illegally maintaining a monopoly over internet search.
2024-08-5

The High Court of Australia rules that Google is not liable for defamatory material within hyperlinks that it serves as part of its search results.
2022-08-17

Google is being sued over alleged inequality in the pay of male and female employees.
2017-09-14

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announces plans for a crowdfunded news website, "Wikitribune", that will publish stories by journalists, with contributions, including fact checking, by volunteers to, among other goals, counter the recent spread of so-called "fake news".
2017-04-25

Google's offices in central Paris are raided by French finance officials as part of a tax fraud investigation. Google is accused of owing €1.6bn ($1.8bn; £1.3bn) in unpaid taxes.
2016-05-24

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 announces a new wireless network in the United States called Project Fi with a pay as you go data rate.
2015-04-22

Google calls one of its search engine websites "Google Palestine" instead of "Google Palestinian territories".
2013-05-3

Reuters reports on the basis of "people familiar with the matter" that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is close to bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Google over its dominance of the search engine market.
2012-10-13

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China rejects accusations by Google that it is blocking access to Gmail in China.
2011-03-22