Antitrust

How Mass Tech Surveillance Could Turn Us All Into Britney Spears

When one’s livelihood and privileges depend on submission to constant monitoring, you have to wonder how long Americans will have the choice to opt out.

Google facing another EU antitrust probe over market dominance

According to an MLex reporter’s tweet on Thursday, the European Commission (EC) is to investigate whether Google forced device manufacturers to install Google Assistant as the default voice software on Android devices.

The Epic v. Google lawsuit finally makes sense

Google pulled every trick it could, an unredacted complaint alleges

FTC accuses Facebook of “buy or bury” scheme in new antitrust complaint

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday took a second shot at alleging Facebook is an illegal monopoly in a new complaint that accuses the social media company of buying up potential competitors or thwarting their access to the platform.

Google Fined $593 Million By French Antitrust Regulators

Antitrust regulators in France fined Google $593 million (€500 million) on Monday for failing to cut a deal with local publishers who wanted to host their news material on its platform.

36 states, DC sue Google, alleging antitrust violations in app store

The attorneys general of 36 states and Washington, D.C., sued Google Wednesday, alleging the company’s control over its Android app store violates antitrust laws.

Google to face another legal challenge as EU launches antitrust probe into its advertising unit

The European Commission has started a new investigation into Alphabet’s Google to determine if the US tech titan favored its own online display ad technology services, breaching European Union antitrust regulations.

Sens. Cruz, Hawley And Lee Introduce Proposal To Strip MLB Of Antitrust Exemptions

Republican senators introduced a proposal to strip Major League Baseball’s special immunity to antitrust laws.

Senators Push to End MLB Antitrust Status After League Pulls Georgia All-Star Game

Several Republican senators joined calls to end Major League Baseball’s (MLB) antitrust exemption after it pulled the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta, Georgia, saying that it was because of the recent voter integrity bill that has been lambasted by other major corporations and Democratic officials.

Justice Department Investigating Visa Over Debit-Card Practices

New civil antitrust probe follows recent government challenge to Visa’s proposed acquisition of fintech company

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