"The European Court of Justice's General Court on Wednesday, September 14, mostly confirmed a decision by the EU's executive Commission to
slap Google
with a fine of more than 4 billion euros
for stifling competition through the dominance of Android.Sep 14, 2022 "
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"Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit
over tracking people
using 'incognito mode'
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/30/1222268415/google-settles-5-billion-privacy-lawsuit
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"More than two dozen Black civil rights leaders in the south-east have been high-value targets in power companies’ battle for market dominance,
courted and at times even co-opted by the industry,
according to an investigation by Floodlight and Capital B."
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"Florida School District Pulls Dictionaries,
Encyclopedias
From Library Over 'Sexual' Content"
"Escambia County School District allegedly removed five different dictionaries,
eight encyclopedias
and the “The Guinness Book of World Records” from its collection after determining the titles could run afoul of
Florida’s HB 1069 bill, which restricts sexual content from being taught in schools.
The books were among the 1,600 titles the public school district took out of circulation last summer, according to a statement from free speech advocacy group PEN America.
Decommissioned titles also include biographies of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Nicki Minaj and
Thurgood Marshall."
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"New research found that poorest fifth pay a tax rate 60% higher,
on average, than the top 1% of households"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/10/states-wealth-inequality-taxes
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