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Social media applications of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Periscope, September 18, 2015. (HStocks/Istock by Getty Images)
September 8, 2017, 12:09 pm
Anti-terror chiefs want social media help to thwart ‘lone wolves’
Home-grown jihadists pose major threat, leading authorities in US, UK, Germany and Canada to turn to Facebook, Google to prevent attacks
By Paul Handley
This file photo taken on February 11, 2016, shows the logo for US technology company and search engine Google displayed on screens in London. (AFP Photo/Leon Neal)
September 4, 2017, 9:25 am
Spanish Google search for ‘Jew’ gives 30% anti-Semitic sites
Study finds growing proportion of likes for YouTube videos against Jews, 1.7 million views for Holocaust denying videos
By JTA
Sergeant Ilan Regenbaum, right, and his commander Maj. Omer Yuval of the Israeli Air Force Innovation Unit (IDF Spokesperson Office)
August 24, 2017, 2:49 pm
26-year-old from Atlanta wants the Israeli army to innovate like Google
Sure, ranks and discipline are important in the military, says the air force's Sgt. Ilan Regenbaum, but the culture should allow good ideas to circulate freely
By Shoshanna Solomon
Seth Stephens-Davidowicz, data scientist and author of 'Everybody Lies.' (Courtesy)
August 20, 2017, 1:55 pm
Racism and white lies: What your Google searches say about you
Author Seth Stephens-Davidowicz says you can hide untruths from family and friends, but not from data science
By Jordan Hoffman
A white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (AP/Steve Helber)
August 20, 2017, 5:24 am
Free speech concerns mount as far-right evicted from web
Internet giants take action against Neo-Nazi websites, activists after Charlottesville violence
By Paul Handley
People gather downtown protest the alt-right movement and to mourn the victims of yesterdays rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 13, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 17, 2017, 1:35 pm
Internet sites crack down on white supremacists
Following Charlottesville rally, increasing number of tech companies removing white nationalist content
By Glenn Chapman
An exterior view of the Google office in Mountain View, California. (Google office image via Shutterstock)
August 13, 2017, 5:50 am
Silicon Valley’s accidental war with the far right
Mirroring polarization of American politics, online tech-companies find themselves entrenched in battle with extremists over ground rules for the digital world
By Rob Lever
US actor George Clooney (R) and his wife Amal Clooney at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 16, 2016. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP)
August 1, 2017, 5:46 pm
Clooneys to help 3,000 Syrian children in Lebanon
Refugees' education to be funded by $2.25 million partnership between Clooney Foundation for Justice and Google
By AFP
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager addresses a press conference on an antitrust case against US search engine Google at the European Commission in Brussels, on June 27, 2017. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
June 27, 2017, 4:43 pm
Google fined record $2.7b by EU for breach of antitrust rules
Risking wrath of US president, European Commission finds that search engine gave illegal advantage to its own shopping service
By Alex Pigman
Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked speaking at Cyber Week in Tel Aviv, June 25, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 25, 2017, 3:41 pm
Israel getting better grip on online incitement, justice minister says
Year-old task force tackles offensive posts within 24 hours, Ayelet Shaked notes at cyber conference in Tel Aviv
By Shoshanna Solomon
President Reuven Rivlin visited the Google offices in Tel Aviv on the Safe Internet Day, February 10, 2015. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
May 7, 2017, 6:41 pm
Google ranked best place to work in Israel
Annual report finds many tech companies in top places for salary and job conditions
By TOI staff
Passersby care for a victim of a terror attack outside British Parliament in London on March 22, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
From the WebMarch 27, 2017, 4:22 pm
Social media firms facing fresh political pressure after London terror attack
TechCrunch: UK politicians have called for intelligence services to have access to social media communications, after lone attacker Khalid Masood drove a car into pedestrians in London last week
Google headquarters in New York City (Serge Attal/FLASH90)
From the WebMarch 22, 2017, 2:09 pm
Israel probes Google, Facebook tax collection
Globes: Israel's Tax Authority is looking into how US giants Google and Facebook do business in Israel to see whether their activities should be taxed locally; the investigators met recently with media companies and customers to study how the companies operate
This file photo taken on November 4, 2016 shows a man riding a bike past a Google sign and logo at the Googleplex in Menlo Park, California. (Josh Edelson/AFP)
March 21, 2017, 1:55 pm
Hit by lost advertisers, Google looks to prevent ads in undesirable places
'Starting today, we're taking a tougher stance on hateful, offensive and derogatory content,' vows search giant executive
By Jean-Baptiste OUBRIER
Aletta Jacobs, a pioneer of women's rights and achievements, who was commemorated by Google on the 163rd anniversary of her birth, February 9, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)
February 9, 2017, 5:11 pm
Google Doodle salutes Jewish Dutch women’s rights pioneer
Aletta Jacobs was the first female medical doctor in the Netherlands and a force for women's rights and suffrage
By Sue Surkes
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