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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...
Giphy

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...
Whatsapp

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...
Crypto

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...
Visa, Mastercard

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...
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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

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...
WhatsApp

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...
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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...
Amazon

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...
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