Antitrust

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook antitrust probe under question by US senators

The seven US senators sent letters to FTC Chairman Joe Simons and Justice Department antitrust chief Makan Delrahim

US Dept of Justice's antitrust chief lays out steps to rein in Google and Facebook

Delrahim also said that, by protecting competition, his department “can have an impact on privacy and data protection.”

US antitrust regulators, EU authorities looking into Google's activities

Another huge antitrust fine from the European overseers, $5 billion, came against Google in July 2018.

EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager in favour of regulating data access over breaking up big tech firms

Vestager said there should be a focus to ensure big tech giants do not misuse their dominant market position

Germany’s antitrust watchdog objects to Facebook’s data collection practices

The cartel office objected in particular to how Facebook acquires data on people from third-party apps.

Facebook can't be trusted to regulate itself, says US lawmaker David Cicilline

Cicilline said that Facebook cannot be trusted to regulate itself and Congress should take action.

EU regulators close to wrapping their third case against Google's Alphabet

Vestager can fine companies up to 10 percent of their global turnover for breaching EU rules.

Microsoft might win EU antitrust approval for its $7.5 bn purchase of GitHub

GitHub, the world’s largest code host, has more than 28 million developers using its platform.

White House drafts order pushing antitrust agencies to probe Google, Facebook

The White House order is yet to be reviewed by other government agencies; is in preliminary stages.

Apple set to win EU antitrust approval for acquiring music discovery app Shazam

The European Commission opened a full-scale investigation into this deal in April.