Big Tech

Beto O’Rourke Doesn’t Want To Break Up Big Tech Companies
Beto O’Rourke Doesn’t Want To Break Up Big Tech Companies
March 21, 2019  |  Regulation

Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke isn’t joining other Democrats running for president in calling for the breakup of some of the nation’s largest technology companies. Rather,...

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Big Tech Increasingly In Regulators’ Spotlight — And Crosshairs
Big Tech Increasingly In Regulators’ Spotlight — And Crosshairs
March 18, 2019  |  Regulation

It’s been a whirlwind few weeks — OK, make that months — for big tech firms as regulators look ever more closely at business tactics....

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EU Antitrust Chief Says To Regulate Data, Not Break Up Tech
EU Antitrust Chief Says To Regulate Data, Not Break Up Tech
March 11, 2019  |  Regulation

European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that breaking up big tech companies like Facebook and Google should be seen as a last resort, and...

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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

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  |  Faster 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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