Tag: Alphabet
Market Definition and Three 19a Designations Under German Antitrust Law: Alphabet,...
The Bundeskartellamt has designated Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon as 19a firms. Thus, they are potentially subject to specific competition law interventions under a special...
Meta, Alphabet & Twitter To Take On Fake News As EU...
Meta, Alphabet, Twitter and Microsoft agreed on Thursday to take a tougher line against disinformation under an updated EU code of practice that could hit them...
Alphabet’s Pichai Will Talk Antitrust With EU’s Vestager
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai will hold a video-conference call with EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on January 25, according to Reuters.
Vestager, who is pushing...
US: Alphabet to buy Fitbit?
Google owner Alphabet has made an offer to acquire US wearable device maker Fitbit, as it eyes a slice of the crowded market for...
Android Remedies: Tearing Down the Wall?
November 2018
CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents:
Android Remedies: Tearing Down the Wall? By Simonetta Vezzoso (Trento University)1
Introduction
The control...
UK: “Digital” tax to hit Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook
The UK is implementing a first-of-its-kind tax on locally generated revenue by large technology firms, including Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
According to the Wall Street...
US: Alphabet joins up with insurance startup
Alphabet, has invested US$375 million in Oscar Health, a health insurance startup co-founded by Trump advisor Jared Kushner’s brother, Joshua Kushner. CNBC reported that...
EU: Android decision delayed to next week over Trump visit
As previously predicted by Bloomberg, EU antitrust regulators have postponed to next week a finding against Google’s Android mobile operating system, reported Reuters, avoiding...
How Google Perceives Customer Privacy, Cyber, E-Commerce, Political and Regulatory Compliance...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
How Google Perceives Customer Privacy, Cyber, E-Commerce, Political and Regulatory Compliance Risks
By Lawrence J. Trautman (Western Carolina University)
Abstract: ...