Tag: Facebook
US: White House considers ordering Google & Facebook probes
Without naming specific companies, a draft copy of an executive order, obtained by Bloomberg, instructs US antitrust authorities to "thoroughly investigate whether any online...
How to Reform the Law on Abusive Practices: The study that...
September 2018
CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents:
How to Reform the Law on Abusive Practices: The study that...
US: State AGs mull tech regulation
US state attorneys general are working together to figure out the best way to regulate internet powerhouses such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google.
According to...
US: Sessions’ concerned social media firms “stifle” free speech
The US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has expressed a “growing concern” that social media companies may be “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas”...
Germany: Merkel wants to limit internet giants’ dominance
Germany, seeking to rein in internet giants like Google and Facebook, plans to bolster the powers of its competition watchdog to prevent such companies...
US: Tech Industry Hearings to start Wednesday
Executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google are likely to face questions about political content, antitrust concerns and consumer privacy at hearings that begin Wednesday,...
US: Google, Facebook, Amazon may be “antitrust situation” says Trump
According to an interview last week with Bloomberg News, US President Donald Trump is stepping up his criticism of technology firms. Trump says they...
US: Google won’t send its CEO to testify
Executives from three major tech companies are due to appear before Congress next Wednesday to talk about their role in protecting the integrity of...
Germany: Antitrust regulator to go after Facebook this year
Germany’s antitrust regulator expects to take first steps this year in its probe against Facebook after finding that the social media giant abused its...
Advertising is obsolete – here’s why it’s time to end it
Posted by The Conversation
Advertising is obsolete – here’s why it’s time to end it
By Ramsi Woodcock
Since it first became clear that Russian agents spent thousands...