The government aims to tighten rules around the scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions under proposed legislation that could particularly affect global tech firms that do a...
Apple’s recent iOS 16 beta 4 version suggests that the company might finally be bringing Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox compatibility to its Apple...
US congressional leader on antitrust, Senator Amy Klobuchar, on Tuesday called for Congress to pass a bill to rein in Big Tech, as prospects of it...
Russia’s competition authority said on Tuesday it would fine U.S. tech giant Apple for violating Russian antitrust laws and abusing its dominant position in the app...
Apple was sued on Monday in a proposed class action by payment card issuers accusing the iPhone maker of abusing its market power in mobile devices...
The US Department of Justice is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google in weeks over its dominance in the online advertising market, Bloomberg...
Amazon has offered to refrain from using sellers’ data for its own competing retail business and boost the visibility of rival products on its platform, EU...
EU antitrust regulators are investigating the video licensing policy of the Alliance for Open Media (AOM), whose members include Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple and Meta,...
Facebook has asked a US court for eight documents created by the US Federal Trade Commission as part of their review of the company’s purchases of...
Britain’s antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it had started an investigation into Microsoft $68.7 billion (roughly Rs. 5,431,35 crore) deal to buy Call of Duty maker...
Google was hit with an antitrust complaint on Monday after a Danish online job-search rival took its grievance to EU regulators, alleging the Alphabet unit had...
The French antitrust authority said on Tuesday it had accepted a series of commitments made by Alphabet’s Google over a copyright law aimed at remunerating news...
The US chipmaker Intel has filed a claim for EUR 593 million (nearly $624 million or Rs. 4,800 crore) in interest from the European Commission, five...
US chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday won its fight against a EUR-997-million (roughly Rs. 8,170 crore) fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators four years ago for paying Apple...
A top Democratic lawmaker on antitrust issues said Tuesday a bill aimed at reining in the market power of Big Tech platforms like Amazon.com and Alphabet’s...
Google parent Alphabet has offered to let rival ad intermediaries place ads on YouTube to address a crucial part of an EU antitrust investigation that could...
Amazon has offered to share marketplace data with sellers and boost the visibility of rival products on its platform, trying to persuade EU antitrust regulators to...
An Indian appeals tribunal on Monday rejected Amazon’s appeal against an antitrust suspension of its $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,561 crore) investment deal with Future Group,...
Australian Antitrust Regulator Sues Airbnb for Misleading Customers to Pay More Than Advertised Australia’s antitrust regulator has filed a lawsuit against Airbnb, accusing the accommodation-sharing website...
Twitter said on Friday that the US antitrust waiting period for Elon Musk’s $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,41,855 crore) acquisition of the social media giant had...
Big tech has launched a media blitz aimed at derailing one of the most ground-breaking bipartisan bills in the US that would bar tech companies, like Amazon, from...
Amazon Accuses US Antitrust Bill for Unfairly Targeting the Retailer With Strict Regulations Amazon.com on Wednesday lambasted a bill in Congress barring tech giants from giving...
Facebook Owner Meta Questions Necessity of Data Requests in EU Antitrust Investigations on Social Media App Meta Platforms on Wednesday compared searches by EU antitrust regulators...
Facebook Owner Meta Criticises German Antitrust Order to Curb Data Collection, Calls it ‘Clearly Flawed’ Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, on Tuesday criticised a landmark German...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reviewing Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk’s $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,37,465 crore) takeover of Twitter, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday,...
EU Antitrust Chief Appeals for Global Approach Towards Big Tech to Avoid Misuse of Enforcement Gaps Europe’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, the architect of landmark rules...
EU antitrust regulators charged Apple on Monday with restricting rivals’ access to its NFC chip technology in a move that could result in a hefty fine...
India’s antitrust body launched raids on Thursday against two top domestic sellers of online retail giant Amazon over accusations of having violated competition laws, two sources with...
Coinbase CEO Calls Out Apple for Stirring Antitrust Issues With ‘Crypto-Unfriendly’ App Store Rules Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is upset with the rather sour way Apple...
Apple faces an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks in an investigation triggered by a complaint from Spotify, a person familiar with the matter...
The US federal judge hearing the government’s antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google said on Friday he was not convinced that he had the authority to sanction...
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an investigation of food delivery companies Zomato and Swiggy over the companies’ apps being “neutral” platforms, the antitrust...
EU antitrust regulators are quizzing Microsoft’s rivals and customers about its cloud business and licensing deals, a questionnaire seen by Reuters showed, in a move that...
Online gaming platform Roblox said on Thursday Apple’s App Store offers privacy and safety benefits to its users, supporting the iPhone-maker’s bid to beat an appeal by...
Apple Urges US Court to Reject Epic’s Appeal in App Store Antitrust Case Apple on Thursday told appellate judges that video game maker Epic Games had...
Latest Articles mac According to a new report, Apple is working on a new category of desktop Mac called Mac Studio. It is said to sit...
Some US tech giants may prefer to pay a fine rather than comply with antitrust rules, the European Union’s antitrust chief said, and cited Apple’s fight...
The Justice Department wants to depose some of Apple’s top executives as it prepares for a trial to determine if Alphabet’s Google broke antitrust law in...
The Justice Department wants to depose some of Apple’s top executives as it prepares for a trial to determine if Alphabet’s Google broke antitrust law in...
Latest Articles iOS Silverstein Properties announced that it successfully implemented employee badges in Apple Wallet, allowing tenants and employees to access office buildings, tenant floors and...
The Dutch antitrust watchdog on Monday said it is studying whether a new round of changes Apple has announced to its App Store terms and conditions...
Intel on Wednesday won its fight against a EUR-1.06-billion (roughly Rs. 8,900 crore) EU antitrust fine that the US chipmaker was handed 12 years ago for stifling...
Google asked a US federal judge on Friday to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other US states that accused the...
A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s revised antitrust suit against Meta, formerly known as Facebook, can proceed, shutting down the social media...
India’s competition watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Alphabet’s Google following allegations from news publishers, saying its initial view was that the tech giant had...
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday ordered a detailed probe against technology major Apple for alleged unfair business practices with respect to its App...
Hulu, Slack, Epic Games, and other several apps and websites were up and running after being hit by a brief power outage at one of Amazon’s...
Microsoft’s $16-Billion Bid for Nuance Gets EU Antitrust Approval The European Commission on Tuesday granted Microsoft unconditional antitrust approval for its $16 billion (roughly Rs. 1,20,525 crore) ...
Apple has asked India’s antitrust watchdog to throw out a case alleging abuse of market power in the apps market, saying it is too small a...
Italy’s antitrust watchdog said it had fined Amazon EUR 1.13 billion (roughly Rs. 9,700 crore) for alleged abuse of market dominance, in one of the biggest...
EU’s antitrust regulator is taking a deeper look into Microsoft’s $16-billion (roughly Rs. 1,20,525 crore) deal for transcription technology company Nuance Communications, asking customers and competitors...
US prosecutors are looking for instances in which Apple is unevenly enforcing rules for app developers such as gaming firm Roblox and some others, the Information reported on...
Amazon has asked India’s antitrust regulator to revoke its approval for Future Retail’s $3.4 billion (roughly Rs. 25,470 crore) sale of retail assets to Reliance, saying it...
Apple vs Epic: Fortnite Maker Opposes Apple’s Effort to Pause Antitrust Trial Orders Fortnite creator Epic Games on Friday opposed Apple’s efforts to put on hold...
About a dozen US senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet’s Google, from favouring...
Amazon, Google, Other Big Tech to Face Another Bipartisan Antitrust Bill in US A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and...
Facebook’s six-hour outage the previous day shows the repercussions from relying on just a few big players and underscores the need for more rivals, EU antitrust chief...
Apple will be hit with an EU antitrust charge over its NFC chip technology, people familiar with the matter said, a move that puts it at...
Google Abused Android Dominance, Shows Indian Antitrust Probe Report Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its “huge financial muscle”...
US Federal Trade Commission staff presented data on Wednesday on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped guidelines on vertical mergers which combine...
Washington, DC, has broadened its antitrust lawsuit against Amazon to challenge the online retailer’s agreements with wholesalers as well as third-party sellers, city Attorney General Karl...
Google was fined KRW 207 billion (roughly Rs. 1,300 crores) by South Korea’s antitrust regulator, saying the US technology giant abused its dominant market position to...
Apple refused to reinstate the wildly popular Fortnite game to its South Korean App Store Friday despite a new Seoul anti-monopoly law that effectively outlaws its lucrative...
Apple is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app...
Nvidia Said to Seek EU Antitrust Approval for $54-Billion Arm Deal Nvidia is likely to seek EU antitrust approval for its $54 billion (roughly Rs. 3,97,240...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) refreshed its antitrust case against Facebook Inc on Thursday, adding more detail on the accusation the social media company crushed...
Amazon has warned some merchants selling via its marketplace that antitrust proposals in the US Congress might hurt their business, a company spokesperson said. In June,...
Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart must face antitrust investigations ordered against them in India, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday, in a blow to the leading...
A federal judge asked Microsoft on Friday to let him know how big of a burden it would be for the company to provide documents requested...
Alphabet’s Google has asked a judge hearing the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against the search and advertising giant to compel Microsoft to turn over documents, saying...
New York and other US states filed a notice on Wednesday saying they will fight the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit that they launched against Facebook in an...
Amazon on Wednesday filed an appeal with India’s top court against a state court’s order that allowed an antitrust probe against the U.S. firm and Walmart’s...
Walmart-owned Flipkart has asked India’s Supreme Court to restrain the country’s antitrust body after it asked sensitive questions in what the firm called an “invasive” investigation...
Chinese tech giant Tencent must relinquish its exclusive music label rights, the market regulator said Saturday, after finding that the firm had violated antitrust laws. The...
An Indian court on Friday dismissed an appeal by Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart that sought to stall an an antitrust investigation into their business practices –...
Facebook on Wednesday asked for the recusal of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan from the FTC’s antitrust case against the company, a step that could...
Big Tech Antitrust: How Google, Facebook and Others Are Faring Against US Lawsuits and Probes Big Tech platforms Alphabet’s Google and Facebook were hit with a...
France’s antitrust watchdog slapped a EUR 500-million (roughly Rs. 4,415 crores) fine on Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday for failing to comply fully with temporary orders it had...
China’s market regulator on Saturday said it would block Tencent Holdings Ltd’s plan to merge the country’s top two videogame streaming sites, Huya and DouYu, on...
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers expert in antitrust urged the Federal Trade Commission Friday to press on with its lawsuit against Facebook, according to a...
The White House is working on an antitrust executive order that aims to push government agencies to consider how their decisions will impact competition in an...
A US judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying...
Big Tech Antitrust: US Panel Votes Yes on ‘Break ‘Em Up’ Bill The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to require Big Tech...
US lawmakers debated into the night Wednesday over details of legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust...
Recently, lawmakers have introduced five bills that would target the Big Tech companies, including Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook. The legislation will directly impact and introduce...
A group of state attorneys general may file a lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google as early as next week, accusing the search and advertising giant of violating...
India’s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday ordered an investigation into allegations that Alphabet’s Google abused its Android operating system’s position in the country’s smart television market. The...
Google was in the EU antitrust spotlight again on Tuesday as regulators opened an investigation into whether its digital advertising business gives the Alphabet unit an...
Germany’s antitrust watchdog said on Monday it had launched an investigation into whether Apple was exploiting its market dominance, following similar proceedings into US tech rivals Facebook,...
The antitrust overhaul package unveiled in Congress targeting Big Tech, if enacted, could have far-reaching effects on how people use the Internet and on America’s biggest...
The US House Judiciary Committee will vote next week on a package of recently introduced antitrust bills including several targeting the market power of Big Tech, committee...
Walmart’s Flipkart has filed a legal challenge against the restarting of an antitrust probe into the company, arguing in a court filing that the investigation would...
India’s antitrust watchdog plans to expedite a restarted probe into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour at Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart, as it intensifies scrutiny of big-tech firms, two...
The Japanese government will probe the activities of Apple and Google, amid growing allegations of antitrust violations by US tech giants. A government panel will be...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives introduced four bills on Friday aimed at reining in the power of the tech giants, with...
An Indian court dismissed pleas on Friday by Amazon.com and Walmart’s Flipkart to quash an antitrust investigation into the business practices of the U.S. firms, dealing...
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are working on drafts of five antitrust bills, four of them aimed directly at reining in Big Tech, and may...
The European Union and the UK have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook’s use of advertising data in its classified ads business, probes that could force it...
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) lobby group on Wednesday backed the European Union’s antitrust case against Apple that alleges it distorts competition in the music streaming...
Lawyers for the Justice Department and Alphabet’s Google tangled on Thursday over whether the company should hand over performance reviews of executives whom the government is...
Germany’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday it has opened an investigation into Google over anti-competitive practices, wielding a new law that has already been used to scrutinise...
The European Commission has today announced that it will be probing Apple over charges of antitrust violations over abusing its dominant market position via App Store....
China is preparing a substantial fine for Tencent Holdings as part of its sweeping antitrust clampdown on the country’s internet giants, but it is likely to...
A panel of US senators questioned officials from Apple and Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday about the dominance of their mobile app stores and whether the companies abuse their...
Apple on Tuesday announced the launch of attachable AirTags to help users track lost items, and the devices could become the focus of a rival company’s challenge...
Senior executives with Alphabet’s Google and Apple will testify on Wednesday about antitrust concerns related to their app stores along with executives of three companies which...
The judge hearing the Texas antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google put limits on what the search giant’s in-house lawyers can see in an order aimed at...
China’s Alibaba does not expect any material impact from changes to its exclusivity arrangements with merchants, CEO Daniel Zhang said on Monday, after regulators fined the...
Apple is refusing to testify at an upcoming US Senate subcommittee hearing on competition issues related to mobile app stores, the bipartisan leaders of the panel...
A new coalition of small business groups on Tuesday launched a campaign for tougher US antitrust enforcement, specifically calling for the breakup of online commerce titan...
WhatsApp Privacy Policy Update Faces Antitrust Probe From CCI India’s competition watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook...
Pony Ma, the reticent founder of Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest social media and video games company, met with China’s antitrust watchdog officials this month to discuss...
India’s antitrust body on Friday told a court that a Reuters report showing Amazon.com gave preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India...
Google’s plan to block a popular Web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for US Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry...
Four more states have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Alphabet’s Google that accuses it of breaking antitrust laws to boost its already...
China’s antitrust regulators are considering levying a record fine on Alibaba Group over suspected anticompetitive behaviour, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar...
Facebook Asks US Court to Dismiss Federal, State Antitrust Suits on Market Dominance Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that...
Microsoft to Be Included in US Antitrust Hearing on Big Tech Dominance of News Outlets A House Judiciary panel focused on antitrust will hear from three...
iPhone maker Apple could face an EU antitrust charge sheet in the coming weeks following a 2019 complaint by music streaming service Spotify, two people familiar...
The US government asked Google to fork over granular information on how its search engine works and makes money, seeking to prove that the Internet giant...
Epic Games is again going after Apple, and this time, the two companies will be duking it out in Europe. The company behind the Fortnite juggernaut...
Fortnite creator Epic Games has taken its fight against Apple to EU antitrust regulators after failing to make headway in a US court in a dispute...
Facebook is readying a lawsuit aimed at loosening Apple’s grip on the App Store that serves as an exclusive gateway onto iPhone models, a tech news...
The equation between Apple and Facebook is apparently at a tipping point right now and might soon evolve into a long-drawn court battle over anti-trust allegations....
Qualcomm on Thursday lost its fight against a data demand from EU antitrust regulators after Europe’s top court reaffirmed the regulators’ right to see it, in...
Alphabet’s Google has asked a US judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a...
China has launched an antitrust investigation into Alibaba Group and will summon the tech giant’s Ant Group affiliate to meet in coming days, regulators said on...
Facebook and Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” in case of an investigation into their pact to work together in online advertising, the Wall...
Australia’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday rejected an undertaking by Alphabet-owned Google that sought to address competition concerns over its planned $2.1 billion (roughly Rs. 15,400 crores)...
The judge hearing the US Justice Department’s antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google suggested a trial date of September 12, 2023, on Friday. US District Judge Amit Mehta suggested...
Dozens of US states on Thursday hit Google with its third antitrust suit in as many months, accusing the Internet giant of abusing its Internet search...
California asked to join the US Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google on Friday, making the state’s attorney general the first Democrat to openly support...
Facebook was sued by US antitrust officials and a coalition of states that want to break up the company by unwinding its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp,...
Britain will impose a new competition regime next year to prevent Google and Facebook using their dominance to push out smaller firms and disadvantage consumers. The...
Apple, advertising giant GroupM, and others asked the judge hearing the US Justice Department’s lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google on Friday to allow them to designate certain...
A lawyer representing Alphabet’s Google in the search and advertising giant’s legal fight with the government pressed on Wednesday for a faster release of documents used to...
Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican and a tough critic of the big tech companies, urged the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday to interview some former employees...
Google Critics Call for Swift EU Antitrust Action in Joint Letter to Chief Margrethe Vestager A group of 165 companies and industry bodies have called on...
Google Antitrust Lawsuit: Tech Companies Tied to US Case Get More Time to Propose Protective Order Microsoft, Oracle and other companies that have provided information to the...
European Union regulators filed antitrust charges Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its access to data from companies that sell products on its...
Google Pay, Play Billing System Faces Antitrust Investigation in India Over Market Dominance The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday ordered a detailed probe against...
Alphabet’s Google must tell a district court how it will respond to a federal antitrust lawsuit by mid-November, with the two sides making initial disclosures later...
Tech giants will have to do more to weed out illegal and harmful content while online gatekeepers will be bound by a list of dos and...
Countries have really started to pay attention to how big companies make their money and how they compete against growing companies and individuals. Apple and Google...
Germany’s anti-trust authority has launched an investigation into Amazon and Apple over possible anticompetitive behaviour, German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily reported. Amazon bans some third-party traders on...
In a brief order, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not rehear arguments over whether Qualcomm had engaged in anticompetitive patent-licensing practices...
Google Antitrust Lawsuit: US Judge Sets First Hearing for October 30 US District Judge Amit Mehta on Monday set a status hearing on the Justice Department’s...
Facebook may face US anti-trust charges as soon as November, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing four people familiar with the matter. The Federal Trade Commission...
South Korea’s antitrust chief said on Thursday the agency believes US search engine giant Google has undermined competition, adding that the agency plans to present a case...
Google’s Legal Woes Far From Over if Biden Wins: Antitrust Experts The US Justice Department’s nascent antitrust case against Google will get the attention it needs...
Google’s ‘Free’ Business Model Put to Test in US Antitrust Suit Google’s long-running business model based on free services and advertising will be put to the...
In Google’s infancy, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin reviled Microsoft as a technological bully that ruthlessly abused its dominance of the personal computer software market...
The US antitrust suit against Google is just one of several actions in the United States against the massive firms which have become increasingly dominant in...
The US sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the $1 trillion (roughly R. 73,40,500 crores) company of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge...
The US Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Google for allegedly violating antitrust laws, just as multiple publications had reported earlier today. And...
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is expected to file an anti-trust lawsuit against Google for abusing its dominant market position to stifle competition and...
Several US companies have been under investigation by the US House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee. It concluded that tech companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon...
US Representative David Cicilline, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, said on Wednesday he would be “comfortable with unwinding” Facebook Inc’s acquisition of...
US chipmaker Broadcom will scrap its exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers in a deal with EU antitrust regulators aimed at ending a year-long investigation without...
Alphabet’s Google is facing a new antitrust case in India in which the US tech giant is alleged to have abused its Android operating system’s position in...
Google Said to Face Antitrust Probe in China Over Android Dominance China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Alphabet’s Google, looking into allegations it...
Streaming music firm Spotify on Tuesday criticized rival Apple, saying that a new subscription bundle offer from the iPhone maker abuses its dominant market position by...
Alphabet’s Google will be questioned about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday, with a particular focus expected on whether it misused its dominance in...
A group of more than 2,000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India, alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online...
Apple’s South Korean unit has proposed measures to address antitrust concerns and offered to provide KRW 100 billion, or $84.02 billion (roughly Rs. 629 crores) worth...
The country’s antitrust watchdog – Competition Commission of India (CCI) – has dismissed a case against Facebook’s WhatsApp, saying the company has not abused its dominant...
Germany’s antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazon’s relationship with third-party traders selling on its site, its head was quoted as saying on Sunday. “We...
A US appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling against chip supplier Qualcomm in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The...
Facebook and Microsoft’s grievances over how their gaming apps appear on Apple’s App Store may feed into an EU investigation into the iPhone maker’s business as...
Google’s $2.1 billion (roughly Rs. 15,724 crores) bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit will face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation next week, people familiar with the...
As Apple and Amazon worked toward a high-profile distribution deal at least a couple of years ago, one proposal on the table was for Apple to...
Two years after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s explanation to US lawmakers – “Senator, we run ads” – exploded as a meme, online viewers again ridiculed...
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg stumbled at a congressional hearing on alleged abuse of market power on Wednesday, as lawmakers confronted the social media titan with...
Big Tech executives faced an onslaught of criticism from US lawmakers Wednesday at a high-stakes antitrust hearing which could lay the groundwork for tougher regulation of...
Leaders of the world’s four most powerful companies will defend the Internet giants, painting them as US success stories in a fiercely competitive world during a...
Facebook Gains Temporary Halt to EU Antitrust Data Demands Facebook has won the first round of its court battle against what it says are excessive demands...
Big Tech and Antitrust: Where Things Stand The four major tech firms whose chief executives are testifying at a congressional antitrust hearing face a variety of...
Antitrust Fever Rises as Big Tech CEOs Set to Testify Tomorrow Antitrust fever hits a peak in Washington this week with lawmakers set to grill top...
Facebook Says EU Antitrust Probe Invades Employee Privacy Facebook on Monday said it is asking EU courts to review “exceptionally broad” requests by antitrust regulators there...
A highly anticipated antitrust hearing including top executives of four Big Tech firms, originally set for Monday, has been postponed. A notice filed by the House...
Google may be able to stave off a full-scale EU antitrust investigation into its planned $2.1 billion (roughly Rs. 15,783 crores) bid for fitness tracker maker...
The US House Committee on the Judiciary on Monday announced that leaders of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google will testify during an antitrust investigation hearing. The...
The US Justice Department is seeking the final documents to complete an antitrust investigation of Alphabet’s Google, said three sources familiar with the probe, which is...
Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of two EU antitrust investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay as regulators said its terms and conditions...
India’s antitrust watchdog is reviewing Facebook’s purchase of a 10 percent stake in Reliance Industries Ltd’s digital assets, a deal that would give the US giant...
India’s antitrust watchdog is reviewing Facebook’s purchase of a 10 percent stake in Reliance Industries Ltd’s digital assets, a deal that would give the US giant...
Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of two EU antitrust investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay as regulators said its terms and conditions...
The European Union is planning on filing formal antitrust charges against Amazon over its treatment of third-party sellers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing...
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is looking into allegations that Alphabet’s Google is abusing its market position to unfairly promote its mobile payments app in...
Federal and state regulators in the US are preparing to file antitrust lawsuits alleging Google has abused its dominance of online search and advertising to stifle...
India’s antitrust watchdog is looking into allegations that Facebook’s WhatsApp is abusing its dominant position by offering payment services to its vast base of messaging app...
Facebook will allow users in the United States and Canada to transfer photos and videos to a rival tech platform for the first time – a...
EU antitrust regulators want to know if Facebook’s online marketplace benefits unfairly from its treasure trove of data, according to a questionnaire seen by Reuters, a...
Apple Fined EUR 1.1 Billion for Anti-Competitive Behaviour by French Antitrust Body France’s competition authority slapped a record EUR 1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) fine on US tech...
Walmart’s Flipkart faces a further antitrust probe in India after an appellate tribunal asked the competition watchdog to investigate whether the company had abused its dominant...
Walmart’s Flipkart has filed a legal challenge against an antitrust investigation ordered against the company in India, a court filing seen by Reuters showed, following a...
An Indian antitrust investigation of Amazon.com and Walmart’s Flipkart has been put on hold by a court, three lawyers involved in the proceedings told Reuters on Friday....
Google’s battle against a $2.6 billion EU antitrust fine was dealt an apparent setback on Thursday, when one of the judges hearing the case said the...
Qualcomm on Thursday will urge a US appeals court to reverse a ruling that it abused its position as a giant of the semiconductor industry and overcharged...
EU antitrust regulators plan to open an enquiry into the tech industry, according to a European Commission document seen by Reuters, a sign of more regulatory...
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will meet the EU’s digital and industry chiefs on February 17, EU officials said on Tuesday, days before the two Commissioners...
Google will on Wednesday seek to overturn the first of three hefty European Union antitrust fines at Europe’s second-highest court in a landmark case that could...
Amazon.com has begun legal action in India to quash an antitrust investigation against the company, saying it could cause “irreparable” loss and damage to its reputation,...
State attorneys general investigating Alphabet’s Google unit met on Tuesday with US Justice Department officials to coordinate efforts to probe the search and advertising giant, officials told...
The US Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple, one of the four big tech companies being probed for...
The EU plans to adopt more protectionist antitrust rules and encourage businesses to share data as part of an industrial policy overhaul aimed at giving European...
India ordered an investigation of Amazon.com and Walmart’s Flipkart on Monday over alleged violations of competition law in the latest setback for US e-commerce giants operating...
EU antitrust regulators are considering taking a tougher line against tech giants by forcing them to do more to ensure a level playing field, a senior...
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has broadened its scrutiny of Amazon.com beyond retail operations to include its cloud-computing business, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar...
Privacy Lapses Could Be Part of Google, Facebook Antitrust Cases in the US Antitrust authorities probing Facebook and Alphabet’s Google have struggled with scrutinising companies whose...
Lawmakers pressed top US antitrust enforcers on their probes of tech giants Alphabet’s Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple on Wednesday, with the chair of a House subcommittee expressing frustration...
Alphabet unit Google’s proposal to create a level playing field for price comparison shopping rivals to stave off fresh fines has not led to more traffic...
Amazon’s Bid to Acquire Stake in Indian Retailer Said to Face Antitrust Hurdle India’s antitrust body has sought more information from Amazon.com about its planned acquisition...
Apple faces more regulatory woes in Europe as EU antitrust regulators ask online sales companies whether they have been told to use its mobile payment service...
An app developer is accusing Apple of patent infringement and antitrust violations in a new lawsuit filed Friday in Delaware federal court. Blix, the maker of...
Google is under an anti-trust probe over a new Internet Protocol that could give the tech giant an unfair competitive advantage, the media reported. The US...
A US House of Representatives panel on Friday demanded internal emails, detailed financial information and other company records from top executives of Amazon.com, Facebook, Apple, and Alphabet’s Google, widening...
Google Advertising Practices Targeted in US Antitrust Probe State attorneys general investigating whether Google is engaged in monopolistic behaviour are planning to take a deep look...
A coalition of US state officials announced Friday they had launched an antitrust investigation of Facebook to determine if the social media giant “has stifled competition...
Alphabet said on Friday it had received a civil investigative demand from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on August 30 seeking information and documents relating...
Valve, owner of the world’s largest video game distribution platform “Steam”, plans to fight EU antitrust charges of preventing cross-border trade, unlike five video game publishers...
