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The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s NHS plan: trading patient dataEditorial: Donald Trump has made clear he wants a post-Brexit Britain to let US tech companies and big pharma access medical records
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Why parents in a school district near the CIA are forcing tech companies to erase kids’ dataAs families worry for their children’s futures, a district has instituted a yearly data purge
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Google co-founders Page and Brin step down from parent company as Pichai takes overCurrent Google CEO will also manage Alphabet under one role in bid to ‘simplify management structure’ -
‘Google is no longer listening’: four fired workers file charges against tech giantThe employee-activists accuse the company of attempting to quash employee organizing, in violation of federal labor laws
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Google and YouTube reportedly pull hundreds of Trump ads for violating policiesYouTube chief executive officer confirmed in interview there were ‘ads of Trump that were not approved to run on Google or YouTube’ -
EU to investigate Google over data collection practicesEuropean commission surveys companies about agreements they have made to share data
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US briefing: COP25, Amazon's tax avoidance and London Bridge attackMonday’s top story: Madrid hosts scaled-down annual climate summit. Plus, the world’s most heavily surveilled city in China -
Of course Facebook and Google want to ‘solve’ social problems. They’re hungry for our data
Nathalie OlahGiving big tech companies power over the NHS or the climate crisis won’t build a fairer world. But public ownership would, says author Nathalie OlahOf course Facebook and Google want to ‘solve’ social problems. They’re hungry for our data -
New study deems Amazon worst for 'aggressive' tax avoidanceTransparency campaign Fair Tax Mark says big six tech firms have paid a fraction of headline tax rate for 10 years -
From Google-jacking to dead squirrels: the online tricks of electioneeringWith the election nearly upon us, here’s a handy guide to the tactics employed by politicians to influence voters
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12 EU states reject move to expose companies' tax avoidanceProposal would have forced firms to reveal profits made and taxes paid in each EU country
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EU ministers to vote on move to expose firms' tax avoidanceCompanies could be forced to reveal profits made and taxes paid in each EU member state -
Go game master quits saying machines 'cannot be defeated'Lee Se-dol retires from Chinese strategy game after playing against Google algorithm -
Democrats propose sweeping new online privacy laws to rein in tech giantsBill comes after a series of scandals, including Cambridge Analytica, that exposed personal data of millions of consumers
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