Antitrust
Google’s $76 million deal with French publishers infuriates outlets
Google has agreed to pay $76 million over three years to a group of 121 French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents seen by Reuters show.
John Matze says he was fired by the Parler board
The board of Parler, a controversial social media platform backed by GOP party donor Rebekah Mercer and favoured by many libertarians and conservatives in the US, has fired John Ma...
EU versus ‘Big Tech’ hearing pushed back by two months
EU lawmakers, who are gearing up to curb the power of US tech giants, have told Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google that they are willing to push back a proposed the 1st of February...
UK’s competition watchdog begins probe into Facebook’s Giphy deal
UK’s competition watchdog has launched its first evaluation of Facebook Inc’s completed acquisition of GIF website Giphy, in a time when the social networking network i...
German cartel office extends probe of ties between Facebook and Oculus
Germany’s antitrust regulator said on Thursday that it was expanding the scope of its abuse proceedings against Facebook related to the links between its Oculus virtual reali...
EU wants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google CEOs at February hearing
EU lawmakers have invited the CEO’s of Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet into a 1st of February hearing in Brussels as they attempt to crack down on the forces of US t...
Google asks US judge to move states’ antitrust lawsuit to California
Google has asked a US judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and document...
Biden eyes ex-Obama team to ‘tackle’ antitrust issues
Two former Obama staffers have emerged as front-runners to the top antitrust job at the US Department of Justice under the incoming administration of Joe Biden, based on two source...
Parler’s website is back online, but the app still not in stores
The founder and Chief Executive Officer of the wildly popular social media platform Parler, which is popular with free speech advocates is back online in a strictly limited way. Th...
Google closes deal to buy Fitbit as US Justice Dept probe continues
Search and advertising giant Google has closed its deal to purchase gym tracking company Fitbit, the companies said, even as the US Justice Department said that it was continuing i...
UK’s competition watchdog to probe Google’s browser changes
The UK’s competition watchdog said on Friday it has launched an investigation to Google’s suggestions to get rid of third-party cookies and other functions from the Chr...
Google, Facebook agreed to team up against possible antitrust action, draft lawsuit says
Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” in case of an investigation into their pact to work together in online advertising...
Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing US antitrust case
An Australian ruler sued Facebook on Wednesday accusing it of gathering user data without consent, building on government attempts around the world to rein in the social media.
China to crank up anti-trust heat on Big Tech after unprecedented fines
China’s unprecedented anti-trust squeeze onto its technology giants isn’t only just beginning.