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| MAY 3, 2022
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| MAR 25, 2022
Spotify could break away from Google and Apple’s payment duopoly: Google’s alternative payments pilot program might only serve higher-profile apps, leaving smaller developers in the lurch.
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| MAR 14, 2022
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| MAR 30, 2022
Biden Administration prepares to promote innovation through tighter regulation: The DOJ’s support for antitrust bill could level the playing field for smaller firms but risks putting Big Tech on the defensive.
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| MAR 22, 2022
A new bill targets acquisitions, but could struggle to get passed: Democrats are backing an antitrust measure that would let them block mergers of over $5 billion.
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| FEB 8, 2022
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| FEB 17, 2022
Chamber aligns with Big Tech: The largest US lobbying group is going against the FTC as Big Tech’s new enforcer. Its involvement could make it harder for the government to enforce antitrust laws.
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| FEB 8, 2022
Google’s EU antitrust woes multiply: Sweden’s PriceRunner sues Google for skewing search results toward its own shopping service. The move could prompt more legal action from European shopping services.
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| JAN 27, 2022
Intel scores rare antitrust win against European Commission: Regulators criticized for failing to provide sufficient evidence in $1.2B case. Ruling could serve as a rallying point for other Big Tech companies battling antitrust suits.
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| JAN 25, 2022
Google’s plan to deprecate third-party cookies is opposed by Germany’s largest publishers: The fight illustrates the tension between the overlapping priorities of antitrust concerns and privacy protections.
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| JAN 13, 2022
Facebook is back in the FTC’s sights: The social media giant’s acquisition strategy is under scrutiny as the next wave of antitrust legislation rears its head.
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| JAN 12, 2022
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| JAN 20, 2022
Big Tech and government regulators set to clash over new merger guidelines: Industry lobbying and legal delays could outlast current crop of antitrust crusaders.
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| JAN 6, 2022
Did Google pay Apple to stay out of the search game? A new lawsuit claims so: Antitrust scrutiny heats up on Big Tech ballooning unchecked into trillion-dollar firms.
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| DEC 10, 2021
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| DEC 1, 2021
UK regulators prune Meta’s walled garden: Meta has been ordered to sell Giphy, and new ownership could bring back the GIF database’s popular ad program, without the antitrust concerns.
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| NOV 12, 2021
Google’s $2.8 billion EU antitrust fine is the latest in a wave of action against Big Tech: The search giant and other major tech firms face criticism across the globe for anti-competitive search practices, and new regulation could forever change their hold on digital markets.
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| NOV 12, 2021
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| OCT 21, 2021
The company could reveal a new overarching brand name as soon as next week and follow in the footsteps of Alphabet.
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| OCT 7, 2021
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| APR 7, 2022
At a congressional antitrust hearing in 2020, then-Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said although Amazon has a policy against using “seller-specific data” to help its own-brand businesses, he could not guarantee that policy had not been violated, per Insider. The SEC can impose fines and various actions if it finds Amazon failed to disclose business practices to its investors.
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| SEP 28, 2021
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| FEB 25, 2022
Regulators slapped an RMB18.23 billion ($2.83 billion) fine on the company in April 2021 after an antitrust investigation determined that Alibaba wielded its market position to hurt both merchants and consumers. Alibaba also missed out on a huge potential payday last year after new regulations forced Ant Group, which it owns a 33% stake in, to withdraw its plans for an IPO.
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| FEB 16, 2022
The hits keep coming: These developments follow a January ruling by a federal judge allowing the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against Meta to move forward. With antitrust concerns looming, it’s unlikely Meta can make acquisitions to shore up its slowing advertising business.
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| FEB 9, 2022
Not only are regulators on high alert for antitrust deals, they act decisively. The UK’s CMA quickly swooped down on Meta’s acquisition of Giphy and ordered it to sell the GIF search engine.