Consumer groups seek probe of YouTube over ads for kids

Researchers showed how a hacker could exploit the flaw to get passwords, encryption codes and more. 

State media says these shut-downs are gov't efforts to clean up cyberspace.  

Social media are under attack for their seemingly addictive nature and perceived promotion of anti-social behaviors.

Global press calling out social media on copyright infringement. 

New policy can lead individuals or groups deemed terrorist removed from Youtube. 

'We've made some progress and we obviously need to do more.'

Google will implement a new policy that will allow publishers more flexibility to regulate subscriptions. 

The move is the latest step to tighten censorship as China prepares for a major Communist Party congress next month.

Major Internet firms have previously avoided virtually all types of government regulation in the United States, until now. 

HTC, once a star of the intensely competitive smartphone sector, has been struggling in the face of stiff competition from Apple and Samsung.

It's the first time two tech giants, Amazon and Microsoft open up their AI powered virtual aides to each other.

A Silicon Valley culture war pitting liberal-leaning tech firms against a small conservative cohort took on new intensity after Google fired a male engineer for a memo that decried the company's commitment to hiring women.

Sources said EU will impose a massive penalty against Google.