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Big Tech is back in court
A US judge has ruled against Google’s motion to dismiss the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit against Google. The court ordered Google to preserve its internal communications in case of a merger with another firm. Earlier, it had ruled against Google’s motion to dismiss the case. The DOJ had argued that Google should be…
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During FTC antitrust trial, he defends his empire
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that if Instagram “kicks ass” on mobile or if Google buys them, they could easily add pieces of their service that copy what we are doing now. Zuckerberg’s comment came in an exchange with an engineering executive working on Facebook Camera. He was testifying in FTC’s antitrust case against…
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The DOJ built its case after receiving 4 internal Apple email
Apple has said it will “defend itself” against the US Justice Department’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit that accused Apple of “unjustified anti-competitive behaviour”. This comes after Apple’s former SVP Phil Schiller reportedly sent an email to CEO Tim Cook saying “moving iMessage to Android will hurt us more than help us”. Apple said it believes the…
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The US is trying to enforce antitrust laws on Apple
The US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust lawsuit against Apple claims the company does not want users or companies in the country to benefit from “super apps”. The lawsuit claims Apple doesn’t want mini apps to use its in-app purchasing system. “There are actually examples where companies, after having been charged, had to change business…
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The European side of Apple’s fine was $2 Billion
Apple has been fined a record 19.7 billion by European Union’s antitrust authority for allegedly favouring its own app store over rival services. The fine is reportedly one of the biggest ever imposed by the EU on a technology company and is the second-largest in the bloc’s history after Google’s $5.1 billion fine. Apple’s stock…
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The company’s CEO is going to testify in the trial
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified against the US government’s antitrust case against Google, saying, “I don’t think we’ve ever done anything wrong.” He added, “It’s our job to make sure that users have a place to go to on the internet.” Sundar Pichai further said, “The search engines that Microsoft and I have competed against…
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The FTC has an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon
The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly violating antitrust law and unfairly favouring its own products. It accused Amazon of “unfair and deceptive” practices including punishing sellers for offering low-priced products on different platforms and only allowing sellers to use Prime shipping benefits. Amazon has paid over $30 million…
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On his album, Bryan vows to combat high ticket prices
A US Senate Committee on Wednesday held a hearing on Live Nation’s agreement with Ticketmaster. The hearing was called to investigate whether Live Nation is abusing its monopoly in the ticketing industry and violating antitrust laws. Several states have filed a lawsuit accusing Live Nation of rigging tickets for Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s shows.