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Google faces England’s first ‘right to be forgotten’ trial

Bloomberg Google Inc. is set for its first battle in a London court over the so-called “right to be forgotten” in two cases that will test the boundaries between personal privacy and public interest. Two anonymous people, who describe themselves in court filings as businessmen, want the search engine to take down links to information about their old convictions. One ...

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Twitter finds more links to Russian agency

Bloomberg Twitter Inc. said it found another 1,062 accounts linked to the Russian government-backed Internet Research Agency accused of trying to influence the 2016 US presidential election. The social media company said it’s emailing notifications to 677,775 people in the US who followed one of these accounts or retweeted or liked a Tweet from these accounts during the election period, ...

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US Chamber pushes to ‘jump-start’ public works plan

Bloomberg The federal gas tax should be increased to help modernise US roads, bridges and other public works, and Congress must expand funding and financing options for projects, US Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue said. The chamber is calling on Congress and the Trump administration to raise federal fuel taxes by 25 cents, pass initiatives including a new federal ...

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