Tag: Google
The EU Google Decisions: Extreme Enforcement or the Tip of The...
The recent EU Google decisions may represent a high-water mark for the use of behavioral economics in EU antitrust to date, but what do...
Turkey: Gov investigates Google over competition law violations
According to Reuters, Turkey’s competition authority announced it had launched an investigation into whether internet search engine Google broke Turkey’s competition law with algorithms...
EU: Google wins order keeping Yelp out of appeal
According to a report from Bloomberg, Google won a European Union court order that prevents local search service Yelp and advocacy group Consumer Watchdog...
US: Google joins other big tech in East Coast expansion
Google's New York City office is already its largest outside the San Francisco Bay Area, but on Monday, December 17, the company announced plans...
Japan: Antitrust watchdog to study tech giants
The Fair Trade Commission has decided to launch a massive survey in January into the business practices of internet technology giants, a senior lawmaker...
US: Google’s Pichai comments on antitrust allegations
Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, addressed lawmakers on Tuesday, December 11, in his first appearance before Congress, where he answered questions about alleged political...
Australia: ACCC wants a regulator for Google, Facebook
Australia’s competition watchdog on Monday, December 10, recommended tougher scrutiny and a new regulatory body to check the dominance of tech giants Facebook and...
EU: Google investigation won’t conclude this year says Vestager
The European Commission's latest investigation into Google won't conclude before the end of the year, the EU's antitrust chief said Tuesday, December 4.
Speaking at...
EU: EC asks “Does Google harm local search rivals?”
EU antitrust regulators have asked Google’s rivals if the internet search giant unfairly demotes local search competitors, according to a questionnaire seen by Reuters.
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Japan: Panel interviews Apple, Google execs on info privacy
A government panel interviewed representatives from internet platform giants Google and Apple on their business practices, how they handle users' information, and other issues...