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Privacy activist files complaints against Apple’s tracking tool
A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems has filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities over Apple’s internet tracking tool, alleging that it all...
EU Industry chief: Tech groups services could face bans if they breach rules
Tech firms’ services could be banned from the European market if they do not heed EU regulation, Europe’s industry chief Thierry Breton told German weekly Welt am Sonnt...
Europe charges Amazon with using dominance and data to squeeze rivals
The European Union charged Amazon with damaging international competition within the retail space, alleging that the US tech titan uses its size, power and information to obtain an...
What’s going on: EU regulators versus top tech
EU regulators have charged Amazon with distorting competition in online retail and opened a second investigation into its business practices, as antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager ...
EU urges online platforms to gird for new wave of COVID consumer scams
The European Commission has urged online platforms to prepare for a brand new wave of consumer scams linked to the resurgence of all COVID-19 infections in Europe and said they wil...
Facebook gains court backing in document row with EU regulators
Facebook has won backing from Europe’s second-highest court at a row with European Union antitrust regulators on exactly what the American company says are surplus requiremen...
EU’s Vestager: Tougher new rules for tech giants, more power to enforcers
Tech giants will need to do much more to weed out harmful and illegal content while online gatekeepers will be bound by a list of dos and don’ts under new rules aimed at rein...
Google steps up campaign against EU push for tough new tech rules
Google has launched a 60-day strategy to counter the European Union’s push for tough new tech rules by acquiring US allies to push back against the EU’s digital chief a...
US says Google breakup may be needed to end violations of antitrust law
Even the US Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, declared the $1 billion company of illegally using its market power to fend off competitors and said nothi...
European Union needs a long-term plan to tackle 5G fake news
The European Union needs to think of a strategy to counter disinformation about 5G engineering or threat false promises derailing its economic restoration and electronic goals, a s...
Japan to join forces with US and Europe in regulating ‘Big Tech’
Japan will combine forces with the United States and Europe to carry on almost any marketplace abuses by the four Big Tech platforms, the new mind of its antitrust watchdog has sai...
Irish regulator probes handling of children’s data on Instagram
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched two queries into Facebook after concerns were raised about the social system titans handling of children’s perso...
Google sweetens Fitbit concessions, heading for EU okay
Google has tweaked its own concessions aimed at allaying European Union antitrust concerns regarding its contentious $2.1 million buy of Fitbit, individuals familiar with the issue...
EU antitrust regulators may narrow Amazon investigation
EU antitrust regulators may narrow the scope of their year-long investigation into Amazon to speed up the case from the US e-commerce giant, people knowledgeable about the matter t...