WELCOME to Connected Rights, your swizzle stick in the cocktail of digital rights news and analysis. GOOGLE'S €2.42 BILLION ANTITRUST FINE is not great for the company, obviously. It's a sizeable chunk of cash, even if Google parent Alphabet made a profit of €17.14 billion last year. What's worse for Alphabet, the firm faces further fines of … Continue reading Google’s mega-fine is good for you
Facebook’s horrific week
HELLO and welcome to Connected Rights, a weekly newsletter about technology and your rights. My name's David Meyer, and I've been reporting on this subject for over a decade now. This newsletter is in its early days and I'm still playing with the format, so please let me know what you like about it and what … Continue reading Facebook’s horrific week