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Google 'Acted Illegally' Over Android

European competition regulators impose $5bn fine over anti-competitive actions. Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest stories in the tech world.

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 麻豆社 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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