Antitrust

In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of federal and state government laws that regulate the conduct and organization of business corporations and are generally intended to promote competition and prevent monopolies.

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Big Tech Execs Get Ready To Rumble As Antitrust Hearing Nears
Big Tech Execs Get Ready To Rumble As Antitrust Hearing Nears
July 23, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The CEOs of four Big Tech companies are planning to go on the attack when they appear before Congress next week, Reuters reported. In answer...

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GOP Leader Demands Twitter CEO Testify In Antitrust Probe
GOP Leader Demands Twitter CEO Testify In Antitrust Probe
July 22, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

U.S. House Republicans want to add Twitter’s CEO to the roster of Big Tech execs scheduled to testify later this month before a congressional antitrust...

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Apple: App Store Fees Like Other Major Platforms
Apple: App Store Fees Like Other Major Platforms
July 22, 2020  |  Apple

A study supported by Apple found that the commission rates on the tech firm’s App Store are comparable to those of other major platforms, researchers...

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Italian Antitrust Authorities Search Amazon, Apple Offices
Italian Antitrust Authorities Search Amazon, Apple Offices
July 22, 2020  |  International

Foreign regulators are increasingly training their sights on U.S. Big Tech companies. In this case, antitrust officials said they searched the local offices of Amazon...

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Slack Alleges Microsoft Is Violating EU Competition Law
Slack Alleges Microsoft Is Violating EU Competition Law
July 22, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Microsoft Corp. is the latest U.S. corporation to face an investigation over antitrust charges by the European Union (EU). The Wall Street Journal reports the...

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Brazil Will OK WhatsApp Payments If Facebook Follows Rules
Brazil Will OK WhatsApp Payments If Facebook Follows Rules
July 20, 2020  |  Payment Methods

The payments program from messenger service WhatsApp will be allowed to go forward in Brazil, the country’s central bank said, so long as all rules...

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FTC Presses For Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg
FTC Presses For Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg
July 17, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate...

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Are Voice Ecosystems The Next Antitrust Battleground For Big Tech?
Are Voice Ecosystems The Next Antitrust Battleground For Big Tech?
July 17, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

In less than a decade, voice-activated artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like Alexa and Siri have gone from something seen in science-fiction films to mainstream consumer...

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Google Caves On Data To Get Fitbit Merger Approval
Google Caves On Data To Get Fitbit Merger Approval
July 13, 2020  |  Google

Google, trying to meet regulators halfway, offered to pledge not to use fitness data to help it target ads in its purchase of Fitbit, Reuters...

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