Tag: Facebook
Antitrust Ruling On Facebook’s Kustomer Buy Expected By August
Facebook's fate in terms of its acquisition of US customer service startup Kustomer will be decided by antitrust officials soon, US News reported.
The deal...
Facebook Rejects Talks With Australia Publisher
Australia’s competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook refused a publisher’s request to negotiate a licensing deal, according to The New York...
Data Sharing between WhatsApp and Facebook: The CCI Opens an Investigation...
By Parumita Pal and Hrishav Kumar*
Introduction
The switch from traditional brick-and-mortar business models to rapidly a evolving digital mode of doing business has impacted...
New Antitrust Bills Zero In Amazon, Apple, Facebook & Google
Last week US lawmakers fired a shot across Big Tech’s bow, introducing five new bills designed to curb what lawmakers have described as “unregulated...
Facebook Oculus Acquires BigBox VR
BigBox VR, maker of the virtual reality game “Population: One,” has been acquired by Oculus owner Facebook for an undisclosed amount, according to announcements...
UK & EU Hit Facebook With New Antitrust Suit
Regulators in the UK and the EU launched formal competition investigations into Facebook at the same time on Friday, marking a rare coordinated probe on a...
Google & Facebook To Pay For Media Content Under New Australian...
Australia’s competition regulator has declared victory in a three-year battle to make Facebook and Google pay for news after the internet groups signed deals...
Facebook May Face New EU Antitrust Probe
Facebook is likely to face its first EU antitrust investigation in the coming weeks as regulators zoom in on its online marketplace after rivals complained...
Facebook Wants To Add Pay-Per-View Sports
The first pay-per-view sporting event happened more than 60 years ago, when boxing fans mailed US$2 to the TelePrompTer company to watch Floyd Patterson...
Court Allows Irish Regulator To Proceed With Inquiry Into Facebook Data
Facebook lost a bid to block a European Union privacy decision that could suspend its ability to send information about European users to US...