Google is hit with a new state antitrust lawsuit over the Play Store. Read More
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Google plays with new antitrust accusations
Google is hit with a new state antitrust lawsuit over the Play Store. Read More
Google “bought off Samsung” to limit app store competition, 36 states allege
Enlarge (credit: Andri Koolme / Flickr ) Yesterday, dozens of state attorneys general sued Google on antitrust grounds, alleging that the company worked to “preemptively quash” competing app stores (most notably the Samsung Galaxy Store) and maintain its monopoly on Android app distribution. The lawsuit alleges that Google engaged in a range of anticompetitive practices, […]
Big Tech gears up for a regulatory mud fight
A dissolved truce between Microsoft and Google, alongside federal antitrust concerns around Amazon, Apple and Facebook, signals that tech firms are gearing up to fend off monopoly allegations. Read More
Amazon doesn’t like FTC chair Lina Khan’s views, wants her off investigations
Enlarge / Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images) Amazon filed a 25-page petition today with the FTC asking that Chairwoman Lina Khan recuse herself from antitrust investigations into the company. Khan, a frequent […]
Google and Microsoft agree to start suing each other again
Enlarge (credit: Halil Sagirkaya / Anadolu Agency) After years of relative calm, Google and Microsoft are tossing out their ceasefire, a move that—perhaps ironically—could bring each company additional antitrust scrutiny. The non-aggression pact, signed five years ago, let the two companies set aside their numerous lawsuits. It also created a process by which they could […]
The FTC fumbles its big antitrust case against Facebook
The FTC’s new chairperson Lina Khan could revitalize the agency’s stumbling antitrust case against Facebook. Read More
House committee approves bill that could break up Amazon, Apple, and Google
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | MichaelJay) The House Judiciary Committee approved antitrust legislation that could prohibit platform operators like Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook from favoring their own products and services, and the legislation could even break up industry giants by forcing them to eliminate or sell certain divisions. Companies could also face fines of […]
As taper fears subside, stocks gain, yields flatten
Bitcoin may be rebounding, but the crypto bears are getting louder. Read More
EU antitrust regulators launch probe into Google’s FLoC plan
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) The European Commission today said it has begun investigating Google for “possible anticompetitive conduct” in the market for online advertising technology. The EC announcement said the formal antitrust investigation will “assess whether Google has violated EU competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services in […]