Tag: Meta
FTC Sues To Block Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed for an injunction to block Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, from buying a virtual reality...
UK Watchdog To Reevaluate Decision To Unwind Meta’s Giphy Buy
The UK’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, will reevaluate an order that it issued last year to unwind Meta Platforms Inc.’s acquisition...
Meta’s EU Future Hangs On Irish Authority’s Draft Data Regulations
Meta (formerly Facebook) will be paying close attention to the discussions that will be held today, July 12, on the plenary session of the...
Irish Regulator Closer to Blocking Meta Data Transfers
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) is closer to taking steps that could suspend data transfers from the European Union to the US by Facebook and Instagram.
As Reuters...
Meta In Judge’s Crosshairs Over Brief With ‘Excessive Footnotes’
A federal judge in Washington, DC, ordered attorneys for Meta Platforms to refile a brief after he found they violated a court rule against...
Japan May Fine Twitter, Meta, Google Over Domestic Registration
The Japanese government is set to levy fines against 48 tech companies including Twitter, Facebook- owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc's Google for failing to register...
Meta Sued for Allegedly Accessing Medical Data
Meta is facing a federal lawsuit that says private medical data is being secretly shared with Facebook when patients access their healthcare providers’ web...
Meta, Alphabet & Twitter To Take On Fake News As EU...
Meta, Alphabet, Twitter and Microsoft agreed on Thursday to take a tougher line against disinformation under an updated EU code of practice that could hit them...
French Watchdog Says Meta Makes Antitrust Commitments Over Ads
France's antitrust watchdog body said on Thursday that it had approved commitments made by Facebook owner Meta regarding the French online advertising sector.
Meta has...
How Should Antitrust Deal With Facebook? A Stigler Center Panel Investigates
By: Utsav Gandhi (Pro Market)
This year’s Stigler Center’s 2022 Antitrust and Competition Conference, which took place in late April this year, looked back over its...
