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US ends investigation into claims WhatsApp chats aren’t privateA US agency abruptly closed an investigation into claims that Meta Platforms can access encrypted WhatsApp messages. A Commerce Department ...
US senators call for probe of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram"The FTC and SEC should immediately open investigations and, if the reporting is accurate, pursue vigorous enforcement action where appropr...
Google, Meta, OpenAI face FTC inquiry on chatbot impact on kidsThe antitrust and consumer protection agency said Thursday that it sent the orders to gather information to study how firms measure, test a...
How Big Tech is faring against US antitrust lawsuitsUS antitrust regulators are targeting Big Tech firms, including Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia over monopoly concerns. ...
Meta investors, Zuckerberg reach settlement to end trial over Facebook privacy litigationMeta Platforms has reached a settlement agreement, ending a $8 billion trial over Facebook's user privacy violations. Shareholders of Meta ...
Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnershipsUnlike an acquisition or a transaction that would give Meta a controlling stake, the deal does not require a review by US antitrust regulat...
Microsoft faces wide-ranging US antitrust probeThe FTC is probing Microsoft's software licensing and cloud practices. The investigation focuses on potential anti-competitive behavior. Mi...
Meta pushes back on US FTC's bid to amend 2020 privacy settlementMeta disclosed the bugs in July 2019, the Facebook-parent said in a filing on Thursday, adding it had spent $5.5 billion on its privacy pro...
Meta cannot delay US FTC from reopening privacy probe, court saysThe Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its order found that Meta had not shown its challenge was likely t...
Antitrust battle: Google, Amazon, Apple face heat amid growing market dominationThe United States FTC has sued Amazon, arguing it broke antitrust laws, the Justice Department sued Google in another case over its control...
Amazon sued in US over allegations it inflates online prices and overcharges sellersUS regulators and 17 states have filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of abusing its market position to inflate pr...
US sues Amazon in landmark monopoly case after four-year probeThe lawsuit had been expected after years of complaints that Amazon.com and other tech giants abused their dominance of search, social medi...
Amazon set to meet with US FTC ahead of potential antitrust lawsuitThe FTC began probing Amazon during former President Donald Trump's administration when the government decided to investigate Amazon, Googl...
Amazon set to meet with FTC ahead of potential antitrust lawsuitAmazon.com is set to meet next week with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ahead of a potential long-awaited antitrust lawsuit agains...
US House Republicans interrogate FTC's Lina Khan over regulation of Big TechRepublicans charged that Lina Khan is "harassing" Twitter since its acquisition by Elon Musk, arbitrarily suing large tech companies and de...
Amazon is about to face its biggest challenge yet from the US FTCIn the coming weeks, FTC plans to file a far-reaching antitrust suit focused on Amazon’s core online marketplace, according to documents re...
Microsoft's bid to buy games giant faces triple anti-trust threatThe Xbox-owner has embarked on a campaign to convince all three EU, UK and US regulators to back its $69 billion bid to take over Activisio...
US will not challenge Amazon's plan to buy One Medical: FTC officialThe FTC official said the agency planned to send a pre-consummation warning letter that would say it still had specific concerns about the ...
Meta building virtual world open to app makers, Mark Zuckerberg tells US antitrust courtZuckerberg was defending Meta's proposed acquisition in a high-profile trial over the future of the social media company's budding metavers...
How Big Tech is faring against US lawsuits and probesBig Tech platforms have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the US federal government and states on charges they are operating ...