Tag: Facebook
UK Plans To Drop “Facebook Tax”: Report
British finance minister Rishi Sunak plans to drop a tax on technology companies such as Facebook and Google because it does not raise much...
Zuckerberg Interviewed By FTC Amid Antitrust Probe
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified this week at a Federal Trade Commission investigative hearing as part of the agency’s antitrust investigation into the social...
Facebook Joins Fight Against Apple Over App Store Commission
Facebook on Friday, August 14, joined the attack on Apple's operation of its App Store after the iPhone maker refused to forgo its commission...
Facebook & Snap Reportedly Considered Purchase Of TikTok Rival Dubsmash
Facebook and Snap have both reportedly held talks with Dubsmash, a lip-syncing short-form video app and rival to TikTok, about a possible acquisition.
The discussions...
UK Tells Facebook To Monitor Giphy Independence
Facebook was told by the United Kingdom's antitrust regulator to take action to ensure the Giphy unit it bought earlier this year can still...
State AGs Call On Facebook to Launch Hate-Speech Hotline
A group of Democratic attorneys general jumped into the debate over monitoring content on social media Wednesday, urging Facebook Inc. to take additional steps...
Australia To Force Google And Facebook to Pay News Publishers
Google and Facebook could be forced to pay Australian news publishers to distribute their content, in a landmark regulatory move from the country’s competition...
Facebook Accused Of “Copy, Acquire And Kill” Tactics In US Antitrust...
Social media giant Facebook has come in for heavy criticism as part of a US congressional hearing into the dominance of online tech platforms,...
Big Tech’s Dominance Comes Under Fire During Antitrust Hearing
Four of America's big tech CEOs faced the US House of Representatives' antitrust subcommittee Wednesday July 29, taking questions about alleged predatory business practices,...
Read Zuckerberg’s, Bezos’ Opening Statements For Today’s Hearing
Read the prepared opening remarks from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who will testify with the...