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[Link] VPNs: Russia Forces Google to Delete Masses of Links Amid Ukraine Invasion
Read: 13/3/2022 torrentfreak.com
Russia's determination to control the minds of its citizens is proceeding full force. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian telecoms regulator Roscomnadzor has forced Google to delist tens of thousands of new URLs that link to VPN resources providing access to 'banned' content.
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[Link] Google Features YTS and 123movies as “Best Movie Websites”
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Google's algorithms have made life a lot more convenient for many people, but they sometimes lead to peculiar results. When searching for the best movie websites, the search engine features pirate sites including YTS and 123movies in related searches.
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[Link] Google loses appeal, faces €2.4 billion shopping antitrust fine
Read: 12/11/2021 arstechnica.com
Google and the European Union are still battling it out over various product-bundling schemes across Google's empire. The latest news has to do with Google Shopping's integration with Google Search.
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[Link] Top Google Result for NFT Marketplace OpenSea Was a Phishing Site
Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com
Earlier this week, if you Googled “OpenSea” looking for the eponymous NFT marketplace, you might have found what looks like the site right at the top of Google.
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[Link] Anti-Piracy Outfits Still Target Pirate Sites That Shut Down Years Ago
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Pirate sites such as ExtraTorrent, KickassTorrents, and isoHunt disappeared from the web more than half a decade ago. Intriguingly, that hasn't stopped some anti-piracy groups from going after them, as they're still asking Google to remove 'infringing' URLs of these sites.
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[Link] Australia also wants Google to unbundle search from Android
Read: 31/10/2021 arstechnica.com
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the latest government regulatory body to take issue with how Google does business.
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[Link] Google Opposes ‘Sweeping’ Popcorn Time Piracy Blocking Request
Read: 14/10/2021 torrentfreak.com
Google has asked a Virginia federal court for permission to formally oppose the request for a far-reaching anti-piracy injunction. The contested anti-piracy measures, aimed at shutting down a popular Popcorn Time app, are proposed by a group of filmmakers.
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[Link] Massive Adult Site ‘Rule34’ Prepares Legal Action to Fight Bogus Homepage Delisting
Read: 11/9/2021 torrentfreak.com
Huge adult site 'Rule34' is preparing legal action to have its homepage restored to Google's indexes. The site's operator says that he believes he's been targeted with one or more bogus takedown demands.
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[Link] Chrome will now let you keep searching without hitting the back button
Read: 2/9/2021 www.zdnet.com
Google has announced three new experiments to play with in Chrome beta, with the first allowing users to keep searching without needing to hit the back button.
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