Big Tech

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Others Spent Millions Lobbying In 2018

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Others Spent Millions Lobbying In 2018
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Others Spent Millions Lobbying In 2018
January 23, 2019  |  Amazon Profile

Tech giants like Facebook, Apple, Google, Twitter and Microsoft spent $64 million last year in the hopes of helping to influence regulations and combat increased...

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AG Nominee Mulls Antitrust Probe For Tech Giants
AG Nominee Mulls Antitrust Probe For Tech Giants
January 15, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

William Barr, the nominee for attorney general, said that government regulators might need to take a deeper look at tech “behemoths” like Facebook, Microsoft and...

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Slack Might Forego Traditional IPO Process
Slack Might Forego Traditional IPO Process
January 11, 2019  |  Investments

Slack Technologies, a popular workplace messaging app, is said to be considering going public through a direct listing, as opposed to a traditional IPO. The...

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Big Tech Got Special Access To Facebook User Data
Big Tech Got Special Access To Facebook User Data
December 19, 2018  |  Facebook / Meta

Over the course of years, Facebook reportedly enabled some of the world’s biggest tech companies to access the personal data of users — which amounted...

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France To Move Ahead With Tech Tax In January
France To Move Ahead With Tech Tax In January
December 18, 2018  |  Europe

France, which had vowed to start taxing Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon in December if the European Union failed to agree on a digital tax,...

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Big Tech Companies Throw Support Behind Fed Creating Real-Time Payments Network
Big Tech Companies Throw Support Behind Fed Creating Real-Time Payments Network
December 18, 2018  |  Real-Time Payments

Amazon, Apple and Google are among the large tech companies that are throwing their support behind the creation of a real-time payments network in the...

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European Parliament Pushes Tougher Laws Against Google, Amazon, Apple
European Parliament Pushes Tougher Laws Against Google, Amazon, Apple
December 06, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

European lawmakers voted to spruce up legislation aimed at tech giants to put a stop to unfair business practices, according to a Reuters report. Get...

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France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End
France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End
November 06, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

France is plowing ahead with its vision for a European Union-wide digital tax, with the country’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire saying he wants the tax...

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