Tag: Facebook
US: Facebook’s Libra has lost a quarter of its original members
The future of Facebook’s Libra has been thrown into doubt after Mastercard and Visa became the latest backers to withdraw their support for the...
Switzerland: Facebook preps for “Make Or Break” meeting in Geneva
It seems fitting that Libra’s make-or-break moments seem to be happening during October, which is, of course, tied to the Libra astrological sign, reported...
UK: Libra warned of heavy oversight by Bank of England
The Bank of England (BoE) has warned Facebook that its plans of launching its digital coin, Libra, must be subject to tough oversight across...
EU: EC probes Libra risks with new questions for Facebook
The European Commission has asked Facebook and the Libra Association to respond to a series of questions on financial stability, money laundering and data...
The Transaction Value Threshold in Germany – Experiences with the New...
By Dr. Martin Sauermann, CFA (Bundeskartellamt)1
Introduction
The takeover of WhatsApp by Facebook in 2014 was widely perceived as an eye-opener in the global competition policy...
US: More States join AG Facebook investigation led by NY
The Facebook probeannounced by attorneys general in September now has 40 states signed on to investigate allegations of the social media giant’s anti-competitive practices,...
US: House requests Facebook Files from new startup
A US congressional committee has requested a trove of internal Facebook documents that the company's critics claim will demonstrate how the social media giant...
France: Criteo files antitrust complaint against Facebook
Advertising platform Criteo filed a complaint against Facebook on September 10 with the French Competition Authority, the company announced Tuesday, October 1.
The gradual exclusion...
EU: Facebook can be forced to remove content internationally top court...
On Thursday, October 3, the European Union’s top court ruled that lower court judges could order Facebook to remove illegal comments from its platform,...
US: Facebook, Google, Amazon face another House inquiry: Bloomberg
Facebook, Amazon, and Alphabet’s Google will face a congressional inquiry on how the big technology companies may be damaging the competitive landscape for small...
