Big Tech is under siege about its failure to respect users’ privacy as the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee expressed frustration over the companies’ many acquisitions, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Nov. 13). Antitrust enforcers are probing tech behemoths Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple. At a...
For Google, antitrust scrutiny may be ramping up — if the meetings are any indication. As reported by Reuters on Monday (Nov. 11), attorneys general from as many as a dozen states are meeting in Colorado to discuss the ongoing investigation into the tech giant....
Current antitrust laws are “flexible enough” to handle issues caused by technology firms, said Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Reuters reported on Saturday (Nov. 9). “Some have suggested changing the antitrust laws, creating new agencies...
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said numerous grievances have been filed with the European Commission concerning Apple Pay and its negative effect on competition in the payments space, CNBC reported. “We get many, many concerns when it comes to Apple Pay for pure competition reasons,”...
Regulators in China have told eCommerce companies like Alibaba and JD.com to stop a monopolistic practice that makes merchants sign exclusive agreements, preventing them from selling on other platforms, according to a report by Reuters. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) held a meeting...
Budget hotel chain Oyo and booking platform MakeMyTrip are under investigation by Indian regulators over accusations that the two companies entered into an agreement to stifle competition, according to a report by the Financial Times. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said there was “prima...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has bolstered the staff for its investigation into potential antitrust violations against Big Tech, adding Ryan Shores, a former partner in an international law firm. Reuters is reporting that Shores, who comes from the firm of Shearman & Sterling, will...
The chair of the U.S. House Antitrust Subcommittee David Cicilline (RI-D) said he anticipates having a final report in early 2020 about big technology companies and any breaches of antitrust law, Reuters reported on Friday (Oct. 19). The committee is anticipating additional data in the first...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the mass amounts of data collected by big technology companies, like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, give them an edge over companies that don’t, and harms the growth of other companies. FTC official Rohit Chopra said even though basic...
