Antitrust – The European Union Times ⚡ Shocking Hidden News Reports ⚡ https://www.eutimes.net We deliver exclusive hidden news that you won't just find anywhere, information that nobody wants you to know about. Updated 1 minute ago. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:26:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 U.S. plans to file antitrust case against Apple for unfairly rigging iPhone's market dominance https://www.eutimes.net/2024/01/us-plans-to-file-antitrust-case-against-apple-for-unfairly-rigging-iphones-market-dominance/ https://www.eutimes.net/2024/01/us-plans-to-file-antitrust-case-against-apple-for-unfairly-rigging-iphones-market-dominance/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:12:51 +0000 https://www.eutimes.net/?p=72541 The Department of Justice is now in the final stages of an investigation into tech giant Apple, with plans to file a far-reaching antitrust case against it to stop the company from unfairly protecting iPhone’s dominance. The lawsuit, which could be filed anytime during the first half of 2024, focuses on how Apple is using […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2024/01/us-plans-to-file-antitrust-case-against-apple-for-unfairly-rigging-iphones-market-dominance/feed/ 0 Spain is investigating Booking.com dominant market position, antitrust, monopoly abuse https://www.eutimes.net/2022/10/spain-is-investigating-booking-com-dominant-market-position-antitrust-monopoly-abuse/ https://www.eutimes.net/2022/10/spain-is-investigating-booking-com-dominant-market-position-antitrust-monopoly-abuse/#respond Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:34:00 +0000 https://www.eutimes.net/?p=68751 Spanish antitrust watchdog CNMC announced on Monday that it will investigate Dutch hotel booking company Booking.com for any potential unfair business practices that could be harming hotels and competing online travel firms in the nation. The procedures were the result of two complaints made by the Madrid Hotel Business Association and the Spanish Association of […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2022/10/spain-is-investigating-booking-com-dominant-market-position-antitrust-monopoly-abuse/feed/ 0 EU and UK Open Antitrust Probes against Google and Facebook https://www.eutimes.net/2022/03/eu-and-uk-open-antitrust-probes-against-google-and-facebook/ https://www.eutimes.net/2022/03/eu-and-uk-open-antitrust-probes-against-google-and-facebook/#respond Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:04:05 +0000 https://www.eutimes.net/?p=66089 EU and UK regulators have opened antitrust probes into a 2018 deal between tech giants Google and Facebook owner Meta, which allegedly aimed to strengthen their dominance in the online advertising market. The parallel probes will look at whether the so-called “Jedi Blue” agreement between the two companies hampered competition in markets for online display […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2022/03/eu-and-uk-open-antitrust-probes-against-google-and-facebook/feed/ 0 Facebook changes its name to Meta after Scandals and People starting to abandon the platform https://www.eutimes.net/2021/10/facebook-changes-its-name-to-meta-after-scandals-and-people-starting-to-abandon-the-platform/ https://www.eutimes.net/2021/10/facebook-changes-its-name-to-meta-after-scandals-and-people-starting-to-abandon-the-platform/#respond Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:24:51 +0000 https://www.eutimes.net/?p=64520 Facebook has announced that, going forward, it will be known as Meta. Beset by numerous scandals in recent weeks, the firm is aiming to transition to become “a metaverse company” rather than a social media firm. Mired in numerous antitrust probes, battling investigations in multiple countries, and desperately trying to defuse the revelations from an […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2021/10/facebook-changes-its-name-to-meta-after-scandals-and-people-starting-to-abandon-the-platform/feed/ 0 35 US States Sue Google over Violating Antitrust Laws with their Monopoly https://www.eutimes.net/2021/07/35-us-states-sue-google-over-violating-antitrust-laws-with-their-monopoly/ https://www.eutimes.net/2021/07/35-us-states-sue-google-over-violating-antitrust-laws-with-their-monopoly/#respond Sun, 11 Jul 2021 14:12:11 +0000 https://www.eutimes.net/?p=63645 District of Columbia and 35 US states filed a lawsuit against Google on Wednesday, accusing the tech giant of violating antitrust laws on its Android app store. The plaintiff states claim Google is monopolizing the app store and abusing the power it has over app developers, while also phasing out competition over how users download […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2021/07/35-us-states-sue-google-over-violating-antitrust-laws-with-their-monopoly/feed/ 0 Leading Tech Companies call for Tougher Antitrust Action against Google over Biased Search Results https://www.eutimes.net/2020/11/leading-tech-companies-call-for-tougher-antitrust-action-against-google-over-biased-search-results/ https://www.eutimes.net/2020/11/leading-tech-companies-call-for-tougher-antitrust-action-against-google-over-biased-search-results/#respond Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:40:40 +0000 https://www.eutimes.net/?p=60827 A group of leading tech companies has joined over 100 Google critics in calling on the EU to take tougher antitrust action against the company, saying the tech company unfairly boosts its own services on the site’s web searches. 165 critics, including Yelp, Expedia, and Trivago, have accused Google of promoting its own services above […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2020/11/leading-tech-companies-call-for-tougher-antitrust-action-against-google-over-biased-search-results/feed/ 0 DOJ Announces Proposals to Strip Section 230 Immunity from Big Tech https://www.eutimes.net/2020/06/doj-announces-proposals-to-strip-section-230-immunity-from-big-tech/ https://www.eutimes.net/2020/06/doj-announces-proposals-to-strip-section-230-immunity-from-big-tech/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:33:45 +0000 https://www.eutimes.net/?p=58634 The Department of Justice announced a set of proposals to remove legal protections enjoyed by Big Tech that allows them to behave as both a platform and a publisher. The department said in a statement Wednesday that its proposals would update Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 to include accountability for antitrust […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2020/06/doj-announces-proposals-to-strip-section-230-immunity-from-big-tech/feed/ 0 Big Tech defends itself from Antitrust allegations with Denial & Doublespeak https://www.eutimes.net/2019/11/big-tech-defends-itself-from-antitrust-allegations-with-denial-doublespeak/ https://www.eutimes.net/2019/11/big-tech-defends-itself-from-antitrust-allegations-with-denial-doublespeak/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:21:58 +0000 https://www.eutimes.net/?p=55696 Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple are pushing back against the US government’s antitrust investigations, downplaying their dominance of the tech sector, playing dumb, and staying quiet where they can’t obfuscate. The Big Tech behemoths responded to written questions sent by the House Judiciary Committee – one of several antitrust probes targeting the four companies – […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2019/11/big-tech-defends-itself-from-antitrust-allegations-with-denial-doublespeak/feed/ 0 Google spits on US DOJ, buys Analytics company worth of $2.6 Billion amid Antitrust probe https://www.eutimes.net/2019/06/google-spits-on-us-doj-buys-analytics-company-worth-of-2-6-billion-amid-antitrust-probe/ https://www.eutimes.net/2019/06/google-spits-on-us-doj-buys-analytics-company-worth-of-2-6-billion-amid-antitrust-probe/#respond Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:44:04 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=54357 By CCN: When you’ve got a target on your back, the best strategy is to give your enemy more arrows. At least, that’s what Google seems to think. Just days after the government launched its antitrust crackdown against the tech titans, Google decided to put more blood in the water. It announced that it is […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2019/06/google-spits-on-us-doj-buys-analytics-company-worth-of-2-6-billion-amid-antitrust-probe/feed/ 0 Google faces Billions of Euros in fines over Adsense censorship of EU citizens and monopoly https://www.eutimes.net/2019/01/google-faces-billions-of-euros-in-fines-over-adsense-censorship-of-eu-citizens-and-monopoly/ https://www.eutimes.net/2019/01/google-faces-billions-of-euros-in-fines-over-adsense-censorship-of-eu-citizens-and-monopoly/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:41:59 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=53068 This is great news! I honestly have the biggest possible satisfaction reading this! Fine them, bankrupt them, ban them totally! Google deserves nothing less considering what they are doing these days to people and to websites. Yes we too have been banned from Adsense back in the summer of 2017 and we are also censored […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2019/01/google-faces-billions-of-euros-in-fines-over-adsense-censorship-of-eu-citizens-and-monopoly/feed/ 0 EU to approve ‘marriage made in hell’ between Bayer & Monsanto https://www.eutimes.net/2018/02/eu-to-approve-marriage-made-in-hell-between-bayer-monsanto/ https://www.eutimes.net/2018/02/eu-to-approve-marriage-made-in-hell-between-bayer-monsanto/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:57:50 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=50380 German drug and crop chemicals maker Bayer is set to win conditional European Union antitrust approval for its $62.5 billion bid for the world’s major seed company, Monsanto, Reuters reports citing its sources. The European Commission is expected to issue a decision on the deal by April 5. Bayer has already pledged to sell certain […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2018/02/eu-to-approve-marriage-made-in-hell-between-bayer-monsanto/feed/ 0 UN to Take Control of Internet October 1st, Total Censorship & Oppression Await https://www.eutimes.net/2016/08/un-to-take-control-of-internet-october-1st-total-censorship-oppression-await/ https://www.eutimes.net/2016/08/un-to-take-control-of-internet-october-1st-total-censorship-oppression-await/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:42:46 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=45900 When the Obama administration announced its plan to give up U.S. protection of the internet, it promised the United Nations would never take control. But because of the administration’s naiveté or arrogance, U.N. control is the likely result if the U.S. gives up internet stewardship as planned at midnight on Sept. 30. On Friday Americans […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2016/08/un-to-take-control-of-internet-october-1st-total-censorship-oppression-await/feed/ 3 Google faces Billions of Dollars in Fines over Search Results Censorship https://www.eutimes.net/2015/09/google-faces-billions-of-dollars-in-fines-over-search-results-censorship/ https://www.eutimes.net/2015/09/google-faces-billions-of-dollars-in-fines-over-search-results-censorship/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2015 08:33:05 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=40656 Internet heavyweight Google is under investigation by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over alleged rigging of search results in the country, a violation that could potentially be punished by up to 10 percent of the company’s income, running into billions of dollars. The CCI director general filed a report following initial complaints by Consumer […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2015/09/google-faces-billions-of-dollars-in-fines-over-search-results-censorship/feed/ 0 EU formally charges Google over Search Abuse https://www.eutimes.net/2015/04/eu-formally-charges-google-over-search-abuse/ https://www.eutimes.net/2015/04/eu-formally-charges-google-over-search-abuse/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:35:35 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=38857 The EU has officially filed a complaint against Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in the European market. The case could carry a fine of up to $6 billion, which would be the biggest settlement in EU antitrust history. The EU has regularly accused the US tech giant of squeezing out smaller competitors in Europe […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2015/04/eu-formally-charges-google-over-search-abuse/feed/ 0 China fines US tech firm record $975mn over antitrust violations https://www.eutimes.net/2015/02/china-fines-us-tech-firm-record-975mn-over-antitrust-violations/ https://www.eutimes.net/2015/02/china-fines-us-tech-firm-record-975mn-over-antitrust-violations/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:53:54 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=35953 US chipmaker Qualcomm has received the largest fine in Chinese corporate history from anti-monopoly regulators who claim the company needed to lower its patent fees as they were “stifling innovation.” China is the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer and has fined Qualcomm $975 million (6.088 billion yuan) over unfair market dominance. Qualcomm has now agreed […]

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