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Back to news homeChina Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Alibaba
“This is an important step in strengthening antimonopoly oversight in the internet sphere,” said the article, which was published on the paper’s website Thursday morning. “This will be beneficial to […]
The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles
“Who the heck consents to having a company track them across the internet,” she remembered thinking. “They could only do it because they had monopoly power to do something that […]
Google’s Legal Peril Grows in Face of Third Antitrust Suit
More than 30 states added to Google’s mushrooming legal woes on Thursday, accusing the Silicon Valley titan of illegally arranging its search results to push out smaller rivals.One day after […]
10 States Accuse Google of Abusing Monopoly in Online Ads
Ten state attorneys general on Wednesday accused Google of illegally abusing its monopoly over the technology that delivers ads online, adding to the company’s legal troubles with a case that […]
Google Dominates Thanks to an Unrivaled View of the Web
OAKLAND, Calif. — In 2000, just two years after it was founded, Google reached a milestone that would lay the foundation for its dominance over the next 20 years: It […]
Big Tech Turns Its Lobbyists Loose on Europe, Alarming Regulators
On Tuesday, European Union officials led by Ms. Vestager will introduce some of the world’s most far-reaching technology regulations. The rules take aim at so-called gatekeeper platforms, like Amazon, Apple, […]
Why Antitrust Suits Against Facebook Face Hurdles
SAN FRANCISCO — When the Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states sued Facebook on Wednesday for illegally killing competition and demanded that the company be split apart, lawmakers […]
Experts Debate How To Tame Big Tech
Protecting users and markets aren’t mutually exclusive interests, but they can contradict, said Noah Joshua Phillips, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Both are desirable goals and must be […]
Facebook Accused of Breaking Antitrust Laws
If the prosecutors succeed, the cases could remake the company, which has experienced only unfettered growth. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, has described a breakup of the company as an […]