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World Service,20 Jul 2018,23 mins

Google 'Acted Illegally' Over Android

Tech Life

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The European Commission says the firm used the mobile operating system to illegally "cement its dominant position" in search and has imposed a $5bn fine. Plus, is Twitter being used by foreigners to interfere in African elections? We talk to Rob Watkinson from communications agency Portland, which has issued a report on the subject. And Professor Kate Crawford, co-founder of the AI Now Institute at NYU and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York, outlines her worries about bias in automated systems making decisions about our lives. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield, and special guest Shona Ghosh, senior tech reporter at Business Insider. (Image: A statue of the Android mascot in Montelimar, France, at a launch of the latest version of the OS, Credit: JEFF PACHOUD/ AFP/ Getty Images).

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