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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules (apnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies..."

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least ten, and maintain no logs on their users. All previous logs must be purged and rendered irrecoverable.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or even better, Google could buy the US government

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Never say never.