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• A group of YouTube contractors just earned a big win in their labor dispute with Google
• The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could rewrite the rules for social media platforms

  The Supreme Court case Gonzalez v. Google is all about Section 230, the law that provides "safe harbor" status to digital platforms.

  
• Is Google’s digital ad business a monopoly? The U.S. Department of Justice says yes.

  Google's digital advertising business will go against the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of a monopoly.

  
• Google, Microsoft add 22,000 layoffs to tech-wide downturn

  Google and Microsoft are the latest tech companies undergoing significant layoffs in response to worsening conditions at the start of 2023.

  
• A legal battle over the YouTube Shorts name just took a step forward
• Misinformation is a “global challenge for society.” Google’s $13.2 million grant will support fact-checkers. 
• MrBeast was busy during World Kindness Day
• Democrat officials say YouTube is a path into the “incelosphere”
• After disappointing earnings in Q3 2022, how will Alphabet “realign resources” at Google and YouTube?
• Teens use TikTok as a search engine. Google is trying to win them back.
• TikTok just upped its video descriptions to 2,200 characters. Here’s why.
• YouTube and the Black List are supporting screenwriters of color with a $160,000 initiative