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EU denies picking on US tech giants, says US also tackling monopolisationThe EU reassured US lawmakers that the Digital Markets Act (DMA) isn’t targeting American tech giants but aims to ensure fair competition. ...
Google's contemplated mega deal would prompt new fight with regulatorsGoogle was mulling an offer for HubSpot, which has a market value of $34 billion. Google has been weighing the antitrust risks of a potenti...
Taylor Swift fan drops lawsuit against Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over Eras Tour tickets issueTaylor Swift fan Michelle Sterioff, who took legal action against Live Nation over the chaotic Eras Tour ticket sale, unexpectedly withdrew...
US Senator Amy Klobuchar says tech firms should be liable for ‘amplifying’ hateIn the wake of an assault on Paul Pelosi, the House speaker’s husband, Klobuchar said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that technology companies a...
US FTC asks Amazon, One Medical for more information on $3.49-billion dealAnalysts have said Amazon's limited healthcare presence should minimise antitrust issues, but there were still risks, given the company fac...
The Biden era - Amazon's Washington strategy made some new alliesThe president's re-election in 2020 appeared to signal better times for the internet behemoth in Washington. The election of Joe Biden as p...
Big Tech to face another bipartisan antitrust billThe bill is one of a slew introduced in this Congress aimed at reining in tech firms, including industry leaders Facebook and Apple.
Amazon asks US FTC to recuse Chairwoman Lina KhanAmazon has filed a petition asking for US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan to be recused on future antitrust matters rel...
US senator presses Amazon, Google on Matter smart-home effortIn a letter, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee said testimony last week by attorneys from the companies ...
Biden nominates tech critic Lina Khan for FTC commissionerIf confirmed, Khan, 32, from Columbia Law School would be one of three FTC Democratic commissioners (and the youngest ever) overseeing priv...
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...
Facebook may have to turn a pageHit by regulatory battles and global mistrust, co must make some choices this year
Facebook and Google could lose bargaining power under upcoming US bill to help news outletsThe U.S. bill would be introduced at a time when Australia is in a pitched battle with Facebook. The social media giant blocked news feeds ...
Coming bill would allow US news publishers to team up when negotiating with Facebook, GoogleThe U.S. bill would be introduced at a time when Australia is in a pitched battle with Facebook. The social media giant blocked news feeds ...
U.S. lawmakers detail Big Tech's market abuses and press for strict reformThe antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee recommended that Alphabet Inc's Google, Apple Inc , Amazon.com and Facebook - with a ...
US House's antitrust report hints at break-up of Big Tech firms like Amazon, Apple: LawmakerThe House antitrust subcommittee is expected to publish its report this week on Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and Google owner Al...
US House Judiciary antitrust report likely to come out as soon as Monday Oct 5 , says sourceThe chief executives of four of the world's largest tech companies, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc, Apple and Alphabet's Google, testified be...
Amazon says Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before CongressAmazon did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment.
Bill Gates says Big Tech companies shouldn’t be broken upBut splitting the company in two, and having two people doing the bad thing-- that doesn’t seem like a solution, Gates said.
- Key senator intervenes in Google, Yahoo deal investigations
A key senator has urged the US Justice Department to keep up its investigation into the antitrust implications of the Google, Yahoo ad deal...