Tag: Big Tech
What Capitol Hill’s ‘Horizontal’ Block Means For Big Tech – And...
By PYMNTS
The growth of the connected economy is predicated on – and is propelling – the emergence of online platforms.
Those platforms – through Uber, Amazon, eBay...
House’s Big Tech Findings May Be Released In Three Reports
The US House of Representatives antitrust subcommittee’s findings on the business practices of four large tech companies is expected to be broken up into...
Cicilline: Congress Needs “The People’s” Help To Rein In Big Tech
Rep. David Cicilline (Democrat - Rhode Island) says passing antitrust regulation to rein in companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google is going to...
Parties At Odds In Final Stages Of House’s Big Tech Report
According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, partisan divisions are emerging in the final stage of a congressional inquiry into US technology...
Forbidden Fruit
By Ramsi Woodcock (What am I Missing?)
As if to remind those who might still be confused about what the antitrust movement against the tech...
House Dems Push To Breakup Big Tech
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, democratic lawmakers are expected to call on Congress to curtail big technology companies, possibly through forced...
Big Tech In Canadian Crosshairs Over Paid Content
Canadian lawmakers want Google and Facebook to pay for content, saying that “the government will act to ensure web companies' revenue is shared more...
The Need For Regulation Of Big Tech Beyond Antitrust
By Tom Wheeler, Phil Verveer & Gene Kimmelman, Brookings
The nation’s antitrust laws, developed in response to the industrial age, have become the focus of attention...
Could New York’s 21st Century Antitrust Act Usher a New Chapter...
By Shaoul Sussman (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)1
Over the last year, much-deserved attention has been paid to the ongoing Congressional antitrust investigation of Big Tech...
EU Official Says Big Tech Should Pay “Fair Amount” Of Taxes
Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commissioner for Economics and Taxation, told CNBC that large tech companies need to pay a “fair amount” of taxes in...