The White House, going after corporate monopolies, will be pushing antitrust law instructing government agencies to look at how their actions will impact competition, a report from Reuters says. House lawmakers have been pushing for more widespread antitrust rules against the big tech companies, which...
After a full day and most of a night’s worth of heated debate, the House Judiciary Committee has voted to approve legislation aimed at curbing the market dominance of tech giants — most notably Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. Debated on the Hill for the...
The chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights has called on Amazon and Google’s Alphabet to extend more information about how smart home devices and virtual assistants will meet user privacy and competition requirements. A subcommittee hearing last week —...
Attorneys general in at least four different states are readying an antitrust lawsuit against Google and its mobile app store, Reuters reported. Sources told the news outlet that the suit, in the works since last year, stems from complaints from app developers about how Google...
Antitrust efforts are gaining traction on Capitol Hill, and tech giants Google and Amazon said those efforts are likely to hurt smaller businesses, CNBC reported. “As many groups and companies have observed, the bills would require us to degrade our services and prevent us from...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is stepping in to take a look at Amazon’s proposed acquisition of MGM, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (June 22). Amazon’s tie-up with MGM would help the eCommerce giant expand its Prime Video streaming unit to better...
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is launching an investigation into Google’s Android operating system over accusations that the U.S. search giant abused its rank in the country’s smart TV market, Reuters reported on Tuesday (June 22). The CCI first started taking a closer look...
The European Commission (EC) has launched a formal investigation into Google’s digital advertising tactics, and will assess whether competition laws in the European Union (EU) were violated. The move is looking to ascertain whether Google favored its own digital display advertising services in its ad...
Germany’s competition authority has launched an investigation into Apple based on new competition law regulations for Big Tech companies. The probe, announced Monday (June 21) by the Bundeskartellamt, is the fourth investigation by the authority of a large digital firm, following cases involving Facebook, Amazon...