Tag: Facebook
Facebook Digital Currency Libra To Launch In Early 2021
Facebook's digital currency, Libra, could launch by January, but in a "limited format," according to officials, as reported by the Financial Times.
Libra, which has...
DOJ Preps Antitrust Suits Against Facebook & Google: Report
According to The Wall Street Journal, both federal and state antitrust authorities will be filing new lawsuits against Google and Facebook. This would mark...
Google & Facebook Grow List Of Australian Paid News Providers
Australia’s mandatory news code no longer excludes the ABC and SBS from receiving payments from Google and Facebook for using their content, reported the...
CMA Can Probe Giphy/Facebook Merger Determines UK Tribunal
Facebook’s acquisition of animated picture platform Giphy can be probed as planned by the UK competition regulator, a tribunal court ruled Friday, November 13.
The...
Rep. Senator Asks FTC To Interview Past Facebook Employees
Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican and a tough critic of the big tech companies, urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday, November 12,...
FTC May Sue Facebook On Antitrust Violations By Thanksgiving
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may have narrowed down the time frame for an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. Politico sources claim the Commission is...
Australian Regulator Warns On Being “Extensively Tracked” Online By Google &...
Australia's consumer regulator is sharpening its focus on big tech, warning platform giants are pervasively tracking the nation's users and dominating the local online...
Facebook Could Face New Antitrust Suit As Soon As November
State and federal investigators are planning to slap Facebook with antitrust charges as soon as November, four people familiar with the matter told the...
GOP Senators Order Facebook, Twitter CEOs To Testify
The GOP's push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday, October 22, after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas...
UK Warns Facebook Over Giphy Deal
The UK’s merger watchdog has warned Facebook that it could go beyond forcing the tech giant to unwind its purchase of image-hosting platform Giphy...