Tag: Big Tech
US: DOJ taps prominent lawyer for Big Tech probe
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has bolstered the staff for its investigation into potential antitrust violations against Big Tech, adding Ryan Shores, a former...
US: Delrahim says breakup of Big Tech ‘on the table’
According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the top US prosecutor investigating tech giants like Facebook and Google made clear Tuesday, October...
US: House panel’s “Big Tech” report due early 2020
The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee expects to have a final report on its probe of big technology companies and their potential breaches of...
US: Rohit Chopra is concerned that the government is “captured” by...
According to a report from The Hill, Rohit Chopra, a Democrat commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), testified before a House panel that...
Who’s the Daddy?
By Philip Marsden (College of Europe)1
I love babies, I love running, and I love
water…especially tides. What does any of this have to do about...
US: GOP presidential candidate Mark Sanford on Big Tech
Republican presidential candidate Mark Sanford doesn’t think the issue of regulating Big Tech will be easy to conclude, reported Fox News.
The range of issues...
Antitrust and Tech: Europe and the United States Differ, and it...
European enforcers have brought high-profile antitrust cases against the tech giants, and both activists and members of Congress are calling for action in the...
US: Senate panel grills DOJ and FTC chiefs over their antitrust...
Officials from the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission were questioned on Tuesday (September 17) at a Capitol Hill hearing that focused in...
US: Bill Gates defends Big Tech, says firms shouldn’t be broken...
Bill Gates doesn’t think it’s a good idea to break up the biggest US tech companies, reported Bloomberg.
The Microsoft co-founder and former chief executive...
US: Top antitrust officials admit to infighting on big tech probe
The top US antitrust regulators admitted on Tuesday they had wasted time arguing over who would investigate which tech company as they take on...