US asks judge to break up Google's ad tech businessGoogle on Friday faced a demand by the US government to break up its hugely profitable ad technology business after a judge found the tech ...
02 May, 2025, 10.39 PM IST
US says Google is an ad tech monopolist in closing argumentsThe penalties could be severe. Last week, the Justice Department asked the judge in that case to break Google up by forcing it to sell Chro...
26 Nov, 2024, 07.57 AM IST
Google has an illegal monopoly on search, US judge findsThis move is also a green light to aggressive US antitrust enforcers prosecuting Big Tech, a sector that has been under fire from across th...
06 Aug, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
Google faces second day of closing arguments in US antitrust trialThe U.S. government accuses Google of antitrust violations for dominating the search advertising market. Court proceedings involve allegati...
03 May, 2024, 04.24 PM IST
US wraps up case against Google in historic antitrust trial: The story so far and what's nextDuring the trial, which started on September 12, the US Justice Department sought to prove that Google is a monopolist and abuses its power...
17 Nov, 2023, 03.32 PM IST
Google reaches tentative settlement with 36 states and DC over alleged app store monopolyThe agreement, cited in a court filing late Tuesday by both sides, is subject to approval by the state attorneys general and the board of d...
06 Sep, 2023, 11.11 PM IST
Indian gaming CEOs slam Google's 30% tax on appsMandatory in-app purchases force consumers to pay only through their payment systems, which involves a commission fee of up to 30%.
24 Apr, 2023, 06.25 PM IST
Ex-WhatsApp Pay India head may join Tata Digital; house panel flags Big Tech’s ad monopolyA week ago, WhatsApp Pay's India head Vinay Choletti quit the company just after four months he was elevated to the position. His resignati...
23 Dec, 2022, 07.14 AM IST
House panel finds Big Tech’s ad business a ‘monopolist threat’A call to action wants govt to act early and head off anti-competitive behaviour in digital markets.
23 Dec, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Tech steps against muscle-flexingRegulators should work together to develop appropriate thumb rules to guard against monopolistic tendencies. It will also be apt for CCI to...
21 Nov, 2022, 12.12 AM 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
China's tech crackdown wreaks havoc in jobs marketOver the past year, China has launched a relentless crackdown on big tech firms, with a raft of new regulations aimed at curbing consumer r...
21 Mar, 2022, 10.54 AM IST
US states file updated antitrust complaint against Alphabet's GoogleThe amended U.S. lawsuit, filed in a federal court in New York late Friday, accuses Google of using monopolistic and coercive tactics with ...
15 Nov, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Chinese central bank boss vows to further fintech crackdownAuthorities have for about a year targeted a range of homegrown tech behemoths, including ecommerce titan Alibaba and food delivery giant M...
08 Oct, 2021, 10.57 AM IST
China widens tech crackdown to include internet algorithmsInternet service providers must abide by business ethics and principles of fairness and should not set up algorithm models that entice user...
27 Aug, 2021, 12.21 PM IST
Indian-American Pramila Jayapal named vice chair of a key congressional subcommitteeChennai-born Jayapal, 55, from the Democratic Party, will oversee the subcommittee's urgent work on antitrust, big tech, reining in anti-co...
04 Mar, 2021, 10.54 AM IST
Apple could soon restore Fortnite for gamers on iPhonesApple had pulled the game from its App Store on August 13 after Epic Games released an update .
07 Nov, 2020, 05.52 PM IST