Meta created 'playbook' to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, documents showMeta faced pressure over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, especially from Japan. Internal papers show it reduced how easily regulators c...
01 Jan, 2026, 09.16 AM IST
Amazon, Google probed by FTC over search advertising practicesThe US Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon and Google for potentially misleading advertisers regarding ad terms and pricing. T...
12 Sep, 2025, 07.33 PM IST
CCI orders probe into Google’s practices in online display ad marketThe order dated August 1 comes on a day when the regulator, in a separate matter, granted relief to Google and closed a case pertaining to ...
02 Aug, 2025, 05.40 PM IST
UK may compel Google to change search rankings, offer alternativesBritain's competition regulator, the CMA, is considering designating Google with "strategic market status," potentially forcing changes to ...
24 Jun, 2025, 05.15 PM IST
Google comes out on top as years-long Mexico antitrust case closedThe investigation by Mexico's Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece), which began in 2020, focused on Google's digital advertisin...
14 Jun, 2025, 08.08 AM IST
UK launches probe into dominance of Google searchThe investigation might lead to Google getting the "strategic market status", subjecting it to special requirements under new UK regulation...
14 Jan, 2025, 04.50 PM IST
Google seeks non-jury trial in US ad tech lawsuitAlphabet's Google is seeking a non-jury trial in the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit over online advertising practices. It argu...
17 May, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
Australia challenges Google's ad dominance, calls for data-use rulesThe US justice department is meanwhile preparing an anti-monopoly lawsuit accusing Google of using its market muscle to hobble advertising ...
28 Sep, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
Australian regulator aims to rein in Google's advertising powerThe stance could set up another clash between policymakers and the US search engine leader after the same regulator helped design reforms i...
28 Sep, 2021, 01.10 PM IST
- Microsoft complains to EU against Google
Microsoft Corp filed a formal complaint with European anti-trust regulators about Google's dominance of the Internet search market in the r...
01 Apr, 2011, 05.10 AM IST
- Google offers plan to address Italian antitrust complaints
Internet giant Google has moved to address complaints that it has abused its dominant position and failed to share advertising revenue with...
14 May, 2010, 10.53 PM IST
- Yahoo!, Microsoft extend talks on Web search agreement
Yahoo! and Microsoft had originally planned to complete their agreement by October 27 but extended talks "given the complex nature of the t...
05 Dec, 2009, 05.07 AM IST
- Bing gains US search market share again, nears 10%
Bing's share of the lucrative search and advertising market increased by 0.5 percent in October to 9.9 percent, comScore said. How MS, Yaho...
17 Nov, 2009, 10.44 PM IST
- Microsoft's Bing increases US search share in August
Microsoft's new search engine Bing posted a slight increase in its share of the US search market in August, the third month in a row of mod...
22 Sep, 2009, 08.37 PM IST
- Will antitrust probe keep Microsoft, Yahoo apart?
Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp. hope that by joining forces, they can tilt the balance of power in Internet search away from Google Inc.
23 Aug, 2009, 11.21 PM IST
- Google, Yahoo talks with Justice Dept extended: Google CEO
Google and Yahoo have extended their talks with US Department of Justice regulators examining their proposed search advertising deal, Googl...
22 Oct, 2008, 03.22 AM IST
- EU clears Google to buy DoubleClick
The European Union said the deal worth $3.1 bn, announced 11 months ago, won't curb competition in the online advertising arena. Serena Wil...
12 Mar, 2008, 12.06 AM IST