One Friday last August, Tim Sweeney, a billionaire game developer, sent an email to a contact at Microsoft: “You’ll enjoy the upcoming fireworks show.”A week later, Mr. Sweeney’s game Fortnite […]
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Back to news homeApple’s App Store Draws E.U. Antitrust Charge
This week, Apple flexed its power by introducing a software update that gave customers more power to block data tracking by apps, a change that has started a feud with […]
A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived
On Dec. 9, the Federal Trade Commission and nearly every state filed bipartisan lawsuits accusing Facebook of acting anticompetitively. Less than a week later, European policymakers introduced a competition law […]
Alibaba Faces $2.8 Billion Fine From Chinese Regulators
China on Saturday said it was imposing a record $2.8 billion fine on the e-commerce titan Alibaba for monopolistic business practices, the government’s toughest action to date in its campaign […]
A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House
His role, with a focus on competition policy, will be a new one in the National Economic Council. Mr. Wu will also focus on competition in labor policy, such as […]
Facebook’s New Look in Australia: News and Hospitals Out, Aliens Still In
SYDNEY, Australia — A digitally savvy nation woke up Thursday to a shock on Facebook: The news was gone.The social media giant had decided to block journalism in Australia rather […]
Facebook Blocks News in Australia, Diverging With Google on Proposed Law
SAN FRANCISCO — For months, Facebook and Google have been locked in a stare-down with news publishers and lawmakers in Australia.At the heart of the fight is whether the tech […]
Big Tech’s Next Big Problem Could Come From People Like ‘Mr. Sweepy’
The private suits follow the government ones for a simple reason: Regulators have distinct advantages when it comes to obtaining evidence. Federal and state investigators can collect internal documents and […]
Big Tech’s Unlikely Next Battleground: North Dakota
Last month, a lobbyist approached Kyle Davison, a North Dakota state senator, with an unusual proposal: a law to stop Apple and Google from forcing companies in the state to […]
Parler Accuses Amazon of Breaking Antitrust Law in Suspending Hosting Services
Parler said losing Amazon’s services would be a “death knell,” though other platforms popular with the far right and conspiracy theorists, like Gab and 8chan, have recovered after being terminated […]