Tag: Big Tech
EU: Vestager advocates regulating data access over breaking up big tech
According to TechCrunch the European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has suggested that breaking up tech giants should be a measure of last resort,
“To...
US: Simons wants Congress to expand the FTC’s enforcement powers
According to an interview by the The New York Times, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph J. Simons agrees with FTC critics who say...
Japan: Tighter regulations for Big Tech in the works
According to a report from Reuters, Japan’s government plans to set up a new regulator to scrutinize big tech companies like Facebook and Google...
US: Republican Hawley welcomes joining Ocasio-Cortez in challenging big tech
Missouri's new senator, conservative Republican Josh Hawley, said Tuesday he would be amenable to working with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on a mutual probe of the...
EU: Vestager plans Big Tech policy report
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s top antitrust cop, is coming to the end of her term as antitrust enforcer, but not before she plans...
Geo-blocking of Audio-visual Services in the EU: Gone with the Wind?
January 2019
CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents:
Geo-blocking of Audio-visual Services in the EU: Gone with the...
Spotlight on the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection
November 2018
Spotlight on the Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection
By Tianran “Tinny” Song (Labaton Sucharow)1
Introduction
The Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition...
US: Delrahim concerned about big tech allegations
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust chief said Friday, September 28, he's unsettled by allegations that the biggest US technology companies are suppressing conservative...
US/EU: Vestager talks about big tech and Amazon
On Wednesday, September 26, EC Commissioner Margrethe Vestager sat down at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York and discussed in an interview...
US: FTC Chairman: we’re looking at big tech’s startup buys
At a conference hosted by Georgetown Law in Washington, DC, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons said that the Commission is “thinking about...
