Tag: Facebook
US: Newspapers seek antitrust exemption
Representative David Cicilline (Democrat-Rhode Island) introduced the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act on March 7, 2018, to exempt publishers from antitrust laws so they...
EU: WhatsApp hasn’t resolved data sharing concerns
According to Reuters, the Irish competition regulator confirmed WhatsApp has still not proposed measures to settle European data sharing concerns. WhatsApp was suppose to propose...
Data Accumulation and the Privacy-Antitrust Interface: Insights from the Facebook Case...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Data Accumulation and the Privacy-Antitrust Interface: Insights from the Facebook Case for the EU and the US
By Giuseppe Colangelo...
Australia: ACCC to probe how Facebook, Google hurt quality journalism
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will examine the impact of Facebook and Google vacuuming up advertising dollars on access to quality news,...
Australia: Regulator turns their eyes on Facebook
According to news.com.au , Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Rod Sims suspects Facebook and Google have much more personal information about users than...
UK: Watchdog calls for social media to be liable for content
The Committee on Standards in Public Life urged ministers to legislate to shift liability for illegal content on to social media and other internet...
Australia: Regulator to probe Google and Facebook over role in media
The Australian government said Monday, December 4, that it would open an inquiry into Facebook and Google and their impact on the media industries.
The...
US: Facebook buys TBH, an anonymous polling app
Facebook has acquired TBH, an app that allows teens to send anonymous compliments to each other. The cost has not been announced, but is...
US: Facebook, Google, Twitter execs to testify at Russia hearings
Executives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been asked to testify to the United States Congress as lawmakers continue to investigate Russia’s alleged interference...
Germany: Facebook privacy probe findings by year’s end
On Friday, September 8, Federal Cartel Office President Andreas Mundt said Germany’s investigation of US social network company Facebook over possible market abuse will...
