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Apple reportedly faces its first EU antitrust fine
It will be the first time the European Union has imposed a financial penalty on the iPhone maker if…
Jyoti Mann
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WhatsApp faces a fresh antitrust investigation in India over its new privacy policy that shares users’ data with Facebook
India’s competition watchdog has launched a fresh antitrust investigation against WhatsApp. The Com…
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Democrats plan to take on big tech with 5 major antitrust bills aimed at making it easier to weaken monopolies
The bills would make it easier to break up tech companies, and block them from merging with or disa…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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The EU and the UK have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook's Marketplace
The UK probe will also look into whether Facebook uses its troves of data to give its dating servic…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Breaking up Facebook is 'on the table,' says Letitia James, the New York attorney general leading the antitrust case against it
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is leading an antitrust case against Facebook, told Bl…
Natasha Dailey
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Facebook hit with 2 massive antitrust lawsuits from the FTC and 46 states seeking to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp
The two lawsuits revolve around Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp and could have ma…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Katie C…
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Amazon faces a fresh anti-trust investigation in Germany
In an interview with the German media outlet Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the President…
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Chairman of House antitrust subcommittee calls for Facebook to be broken up after big tech hearing: 'classic monopoly behavior'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers that Facebook saw Instagram as both "a competitor and a…
Paige Leskin
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Mark Zuckerberg kicked off his testimony during the big tech antitrust hearing by suggesting Apple, Amazon, Google, and TikTok may be bigger threats than Facebook
The Facebook CEO pointed to the success of companies like Apple, Google, and TikTok as evidence tha…
Lisa Eadicicco
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The FTC is reportedly considering deposing Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg in its antitrust investigation into Facebook
The FTC is looking into whether Facebook has acted anticompetitively — and it may seek to speak to …
Rob Price
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The EU is reportedly investigating Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency over antitrust concerns
Announced in June 2019, Libra plans to be a digital currency that will help internet users make pur…
Rob Price
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The head of the Justice Department division reportedly preparing an antitrust investigation into Google used to be a lobbyist defending Google against antitrust concerns
According to a source on Capitol Hill who spoke to Business Insider, the DOJ's investigation will n…
Nick Bastone
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Mark Zuckerberg was grilled over whether Facebook copied and threatened rivals, but the CEO says the social media giant just 'adapted features'
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook just 'adapted' features from rivals when confronted about whether the…
Lisa Eadicicco
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Big Tech is under attack from every angle as governments, employees, and consumers come to grips with the industry's concentration of power
Experts say there will be a seismic shift in the industry and one that is already affecting governm…
Avery Hartmans
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Meta's VR division is reportedly under investigation by the FTC
Investigators are looking into whether Oculus uses its market position to squash competition, sourc…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook reportedly offered to help another company build a rival social network to fight off an antitrust lawsuit
Facebook lawyers floated the idea days before investigators filed antitrust lawsuits against the co…
Allana Akhtar
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Google faces its 3rd major antitrust lawsuit as Texas and other states take the company to court over its ad practices
The Texas attorney general said Google "used its monopolistic powers to control pricing" and "engag…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Google is reportedly about to get hit this week with a second major antitrust lawsuit - this time from states accusing the company of designing its search engine to hurt rivals
The lawsuit is expected to be filed as soon as Thursday, Politico reported, and follows a recent sp…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Experts say the antitrust suits against Facebook may not change anything, but they're still a 'big deal' and signal that the US government will no longer look the other way
The antitrust lawsuits may not change anything for Facebook, but they do indicate a reckoning in te…
Katie Canales
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'It's better to buy than compete': The FTC is using Mark Zuckerberg's own words against him. Read the Facebook CEO's crucial emails here.
The newly uncovered emails reveal how Zuckerberg and other execs perceived WhatsApp and Instagram a…