The EU has cleared Meta/Facebook’s acquisition of CRM maker, Kustomer — accepting a set of commitments from the tech giant to allay competition concerns linked to the fact it also […]
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Back to news homeGoogle’s Privacy Sandbox targeted by fresh EU antitrust complaint
German publishers are the latest to band together to try to derail or at least delay Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” plan to end support for tracking cookies in Chrome via a […]
Europe’s antitrust policy shouldn’t ignore China
Carisa Nietsche Contributor Carisa Nietsche is an associate fellow for the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship […]
Can Biden really crack down on tech monopolies?
Vijay Sundaram Contributor Vijay Sundaram is the chief strategy officer of Zoho Corporation, a business software company that competes with the tech giants and puts consumer privacy at the forefront […]
UK’s antitrust watchdog is taking a look at Microsoft-Nuance
The $19.7 billion acquisition of speech-to-text specialist Nuance by Microsoft, announced earlier this year, has attracted the attention of the U.K.’s active antitrust watchdog — which said today it’s taking […]
A ‘techlash’ with Chinese characteristics
Emily de La Bruyère Contributor Emily de La Bruyere is a co-founder of Horizon Advisory, a geopolitical consultancy. Her work focuses on China’s technology standards strategy, digital ambitions, industrial policy, […]
China and US tech crackdowns set the stage for the next phase of competition
Scott Bade Contributor Scott Bade is special series editor of the TechCrunch Global Affairs Project and a regular contributor on foreign affairs. He’s a former speechwriter for Mike Bloomberg and […]
Fundamentally altering antitrust laws will harm US startups and slow the economy
Linda Moore Contributor Linda Moore is the president and CEO of TechNet, a bipartisan policy and political network. More posts by this contributor Computer science is the key to America’s […]
Epic Leaves a Big Crack in Apple’s Walled Garden
“I don’t know how you square all of that analysis, and all of the pro-competitive justifications Apple has for its closed ecosystem, with the judge then saying, ‘But I’m going […]
Move fast and break Facebook: A bull case for antitrust enforcement
Daniel Liss Contributor Daniel Liss is the founder and CEO of Dispo, the digital disposable camera social network. More posts by this contributor Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly This […]