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Facebook’s Giphy Deal Faces In-Depth UK Competition Probe
Britain’s competition regulator said Thursday that it was referring to Facebook's acquisition of GIF database Giphy for an in-depth investigation.
The Competition and Markets Authority...
Facebook’s Pitch to Congress: Section 230 for Thee, Not for Me
By: Aaron Mackey (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
As Mark Zuckerberg tries to sell Congress on Facebook’s preferred method of amending the federal law that serves as...
Facebook & Amazon Top Lobbying Spenders In The US
Facebook and Amazon have become the US's two biggest corporate lobbying spenders, investing almost twice as much as oil giant ExxonMobil and tobacco company...
UK Watchdog Says Facebook’s Giphy Buy Raises Competition Concerns
Britain’s competition watchdog on Thursday, March 25, gave Facebook and Giphy five working days to offer proposals to address its concerns over their merger...
Dusseldorf Court Asks ECJ To Review Facebook Data Case
Facebook’s challenge to a German antitrust attack on its business model will head to the European Union’s top court after a national tribunal sought...
Republican FTC Commissioner Talks Facebook Antitrust Suit
Noah Phillips, Republican commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), explained why he voted against bringing the agency’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook during a...
Facebook May Face New Antitrust Probe In UK
Britain's competition regulator is set to begin an antitrust investigation into Facebook in the next few months, after similar actions into Google and Apple...
The Antitrust Attack on Big Tech
The four major internet platforms – Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook – have in recent months been subjected to increasing attacks on antitrust grounds....
Facebook Agrees To Pay News Corp For Content In Australia
News Corp has struck a three-year deal to provide news to Facebook in Australia, ending a battle between two billionaire-owned empires being watched worldwide...
The Battles Between Google, Facebook, and News Media Proprietors Over Fair...
Google and Facebook have been in high profile dispute in Australia as to implementation of a news bargaining code promoted by a competition regulator,...
