Jailbreak app store Cydia files its own antitrust lawsuit against Apple

Posted on 11/12/2020 by Engadget

Cydia, the original app store for jailbroken iPhones, has joined a wave of companies and regulators in targeting Apple over antitrust concerns. In a lawsuit it filed on Thursday, it accused Apple of "anti-competitive acquisition and maintenance of an...

Germany opens antitrust probe into Facebook and Oculus account linking

Posted on 10/12/2020 by Engadget

A day after the Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general filed antitrust charges against Facebook, it emerged the social media colossus is the subject of yet another investigation. Officials in Germany are looking into whether the company’s...

Facebook hit with antitrust charges from the FTC and 48 states and territories

Posted on 09/12/2020 by Engadget

The Federal Trade Commission has filed antitrust charges against Facebook, saying the social network has for years engaged in anti-competitive behavior. Regulators want to undo the company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp and require approval...

DOJ is reportedly preparing antitrust lawsuits against Facebook and Google

Posted on 30/11/2020 by Engadget

It’s only been a few months since the US Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, but it sounds legal battles are on the horizon. According to The Wall Street Journal, both federal and state antitrust authorities will be filin...

The UK is creating a new agency to regulate Big Tech

Posted on 27/11/2020 by Engadget

The UK plans to create a new agency to regulate large tech companies such as Google and Facebook. Starting in April 2021, the newly minted Digital Markets Unit (DMU), which will be a part of the country’s existing Competition and Markets Authority (C...

Apple is cutting App Store fees in half for the majority of developers

Posted on 18/11/2020 by Engadget

Apple has announced that it will cut the amount of commission it charges app developers as part of a new Small Business Program. Developers earning less than $1 million a year will now pay 15 percent on all transactions, half the current rate of 30 p...

Turkey orders Google to change its online ad strategy

Posted on 15/11/2020 by Engadget

Google is facing yet another fine for allegedly abusing its search ad clout, although the financial punishment this time is less serious than its implications. Arab News reports that Turkey’s Competition Board has given Google six months to change it...

European Commission charges Amazon over misuse of seller data

Posted on 10/11/2020 by Engadget

The European Union is serving formal antitrust charges to Amazon, saying that the retailer has misused its position to compete against third-party businesses using its platform. Officials, led by competition chief Margrethe Vesgater, believe there is...

House Democrats push Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies

Posted on 06/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Congress should consider forcing the breakup of Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google into smaller companies that can’t enter into adjacent lines of business (via NBC News). That’s the main recommendation of a 449-page Democrats on the House Judiciary s...

Facebook leak hints at its defense against a government-ordered breakup

Posted on 04/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is under intense regulatory pressure, and it appears to be bracing itself for the worst. The Wall Street Journal says it has obtained a document outlining Facebook’s defense if the government orders a breakup that would unload Instagram and...

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