Tag: Facebook
When is a business a platform? – Podcast
Posted by Competition Lore
When is a business a platform? - Podcast
By Professor Dick Schmalensee
Professor Caron Beaton-Wells, of the University of Melbourne School of Law, speaks...
EU engaged in antitrust gerrymandering against Google
Posted by The Hill
EU engaged in antitrust gerrymandering against Google
By Nicolas Petit
With its US$5 billion fine against Google, the European Commission (EC) just applied to...
US: Senator drops new policy proposals for regulating tech
The team at Facebook is not having a great week, as it seems all of its recent data scandal chickens have come home to...
US: NY AG candidate would explore breaking up Facebook & Google
On Wednesday, July 25, the New York state attorney general candidate and Fordham Law School associate professor Zephyr Teachout outlined her plan to stop...
Taking on big tech: where does Australia stand?
Posted by The Conversation
Taking on big tech: where does Australia stand?
By Caron Beaton-Wells
Big tech is under fire in Europe. In its latest sting, the European...
UK: Facebook charged maximum fine by information commissioner
Facebook was hit with a US$660,000 fine, the maximum allowed, by the British Information Commissioner’s Office over its data scandal with now-defunct political consulting...
Germany: Telecom regulator head going after Google, Facebook
Jochen Homann, the president of Germany’s telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur, is going after Google and Facebook, contending that their messaging and email services should face...
US: Expanded Federal probe hurts Facebook
Following news that the US government probe into the Facebook data breach connected with Cambridge Analytica has widened, shares of the company dropped 2%...
US: Facebook to allow some cryptocurrency ads
Facebook moved Tuesday, June 26, to let some advertisements for cryptocurrency run on its platform.
In a blog post, Rob Leathern, Facebook’s director of product...
US: Facebook hit with new anticompetitive suit by App developer
Facebook got hit with a lawsuit in California that accuses the company of engaging in anticompetitive behavior with tens of thousands of developers.
The Financial...