Tag: UK
Google Faces $1B Suit In UK Over App Store Practices
Google is facing trial in a $1.1 billion class-action lawsuit in the U.K. over claims that the company overcharged 19.5 million customers for app store...
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...
UK Regulator Urges Gov to Review Internal Use Of WhatsApp
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published on Monday, July 11, a report about the government use of private correspondence channels like WhatsApp, private...
UK Parliament Launches Inquiry Into Crypto
The UK Parliament’s Treasury Committee is conducting an inquiry into the role cryptocurrencies play in the United Kingdom, and is asking the public for input.
The committee said Wednesday...
UK Parliament Want Visa, Mastercard To Explain Swipe Fees Hike
On Wednesday (July 13), the Treasury Committee at the UK Parliament sent letters to Visa and Mastercard requesting them to explain their increases in cross-border interchange...
UK Watchdog Opens Probe Into Groups Including BT & Sky
The UK competition regulator has opened an investigation into whether BT, IMG Media, ITV and Sky are fixing the rate offered to freelance workers...
UK Raided Top Broadcasters In Sports Antitrust Probe
The Competition and Markets Authority said in a statement on Wednesday it had opened an investigation as it “has reasonable grounds to suspect one or more...
UK Watchdog Wants To Review Government Use Of WhatsApp
Britain should review the use of WhatsApp, private emails and other messaging apps by ministers and government officials after an investigation found "inadequate data...
UK Watchdog Ramps Up Big Tech Antitrust Investigations
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching dual investigations into Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of videogame maker Activision Blizzard, and Amazon’s competitive practices...
UK Probes Amazon Over Sales Practices
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking into whether Amazon “has a dominant position in the U.K. and whether it is...