A California court delivered a strong fine to Google over its "misuse" of Android users' data over cell connections.

A jury in San Jose, California, ruled that Alphabet's Google must pay more than $314.6 million to Android smartphone users in the state after it misused customers' cellphone data.The verdict, ...

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Google began removing California news sites from some user's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking ...

Google on Friday began removing links to California news websites in reaction to proposed state legislation requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content.

Google reaches a deal to fund local journalism in California. The state was working on legislation to force the tech giant to pay a portion of advertising profits to its struggling news industry.

Last year, Google launched an intense, $10.7 million lobbying effort to derail lawmakers’ plans to regulate tech giants and divert proceeds to the struggling news industry, Cal Matters reported.

Google’s spending on lobbying in California outpaced that of Facebook parent company Meta, Amazon, Apple, and other multibillion-dollar companies, data from the California secretary of State show.

This week, Google joined a $250 million deal with the state of California to support California newsrooms. While the deal offers a much-needed cash infusion for an industry that’s seen crippling ...

Google on Wednesday struck a first-in-the-nation deal with California lawmakers to fund newsrooms in the state and end proposed legislation that would have forced technology giants to pay news ...

This deal does not provide close to the level of funding that is owed or that would be meaningful, but does help further decimate the once-dynamic California press corps. Column: Google rolled ...