Bits & Bytes: Meta’s oversight board seeks public comments on hate speech moderationMeta is seeking public input on its handling of immigration-related content that might harm immigrants while Apple CEO Tim Cook expressed c...
20 Oct, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
New antitrust law for large tech firms shouldn’t stifle innovation: expertsZomato, Swiggy, Flipkart and Oyo have opposed the new regulations on digital competition proposed by a government-appointed committee. Indi...
13 Mar, 2024, 11.35 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: What the proposed digital competition law looks to regulateThe Ministry of Corporate Affairs' Committee on Digital Competition Law has advocated for a novel legal framework to govern competition in ...
13 Mar, 2024, 05.01 PM IST
Apple escalates Epic Games feud by blocking Fortnite app in EUThe two companies have been in a legal battle since 2020, when the gaming firm alleged that Apple's practice of charging up to 30% commissi...
07 Mar, 2024, 09.35 AM IST
Shipping lines see ‘uncertainty’ in EU’s antitrust regime shiftNine largest shipping lines in the world have grouped up in three alliances and they control over 80% of the global container vessel capaci...
11 Oct, 2023, 09.22 AM IST
BRICS competition regulators to focus on large digital companiesIndia has taken a series of steps in recent years to bolster its competition regime. These include amendments to the competition law to int...
30 Sep, 2023, 06.46 PM IST
EU seeks top court backing in $14 billion tax fight against AppleThe case, which has far-reaching implications for corporate tax bills, is the most high-profile of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's ...
23 May, 2023, 04.57 PM IST
EU seeks top court backing in $14 billion tax fight against AppleThe case, which has far-reaching implications for corporate tax bills, is the most high-profile of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's ...
23 May, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
Android case: SC refuses to stay CCI order against GoogleOn December 4, the NCLAT refused to stay the antitrust regulator’s order citing “lack of urgency”
16 Jan, 2023, 11.48 PM IST
Careful with Cartels about competitionGoI must exercise caution. Cartels are the most malicious form of anti-competitive activity. They hurt consumers. Including them in the set...
16 Dec, 2022, 11.15 PM IST
Why regulation is the only way to rein in monopolistic power of Big TechToday, Google and Facebook command about 60% of all US digital advertising revenue and appropriate billions of dollars from traditional med...
15 Nov, 2022, 11.35 PM IST
Google reviewing CCI penalty order and evaluating next stepsCCI imposed a penalty of Rs 1337.76 crore ($ 162 million) on Google, citing “abuse of dominant position” laid down about a dozen measures r...
22 Oct, 2022, 06.11 AM IST
Google faces $25 billion claims in UK, Dutch Courts on Adtech normsGoogle criticised the imminent lawsuits, saying that it works constructively with publishers across Europe. "This lawsuit is speculative an...
13 Sep, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Big countries' tax deal to reveal rift in EuropeThe European Commission, the EU's executive, has long struggled to get agreement within the bloc on a common approach to taxation, a freedo...
08 Jun, 2021, 09.41 PM IST
Big Tech under big fire: All you need to knowHere’s a quick guide to what’s happening and what it may all mean.
21 Dec, 2020, 08.13 AM IST
Apple, Amazon and Google are all bulletproof, nothing in this world can challenge themTackling companies with combined annual revenue of $782 billion, more than the gross domestic product of Switzerland, is a huge challenge, ...
05 Aug, 2020, 02.35 PM IST
Asia share rally pauses on Sino-US tensionsIn the equity markets, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.2%, but was still up 1.8% for the week and near i...
24 Jul, 2020, 08.45 AM IST