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Nov 03 2019
Opinion
America Was Born Fighting Monopolies
Reining in Big Tech is not a conservative or liberal agenda, it’s an American agenda. A new independent academic report shows a way forward
Big Tech is on the spotlight. Hardly a week goes by without fresh news on some problems in Big Tech: from growing market power to concern over their excessive data gathering, to end with concerns on how Big Tech companies negatively impact democracy
The American ConservativeSep 26 2023
News
Amazon sued by FTC, which charges that company is 'exploiting its monopoly power'
The Federal Trade Commission filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. Tuesday, making for the highest-profile case yet in the agency’s attempt to rein in Big Tech. “Our complaint lays out how Amazon has used a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. She added that Amazon AMZN, “is now exploiting its
MarketWatchMar 09 2023
News
Monopoly is making a Richmond edition — and locals get to design it
Richmond is getting a local edition of Monopoly. Why it matters: This is the real-deal, brand-name version of the game — an honor Hasbro has bestowed on only a handful of cities and not to be confused with Richmond-Opoly, one of hundreds of unofficial city-opoly games out there. Driving the news: Mr. Monopoly himself will be in Richmond Thursday, top hat and all, to officially announce the
AxiosMar 09 2023
News
Monopoly seeks public input on new Richmond game
But in order to do so, Hasbro licensee Top Trumps USA, who is tasked with creating the board, will need to hear from Richmonders just what those signature sites are. The company is asking residents to land on chance, draw a card and submit their ideas at richmond@toptrumps.com as to what they’d like to see featured on the Richmond Monopoly game. Instead of Park Place, players could land on
Richmond Times DispatchSep 12 2023
News
Google Has Maintained Illegal Monopoly For More Than A Decade, DOJ Claims
In opening statements of the landmark antitrust trial, the U.S. government claimed Google used its dominance to push out rivals, while Google argued its search engine is just the superior product. The biggest tech antitrust trial in decades finally got underway on Tuesday, as the U.S. government and Google made their first arguments in a major case over the tech giant’s powerful search engine
ForbesMay 10 2023
News
Monopoly rolls dice on Park City edition of board game
A dice roll and some money may get someone a hotel on Main Street. But it will need to be Monopoly money. A firm called Top Trumps USA, which makes versions of the famed board game specific to individual cities, announced a Park City edition during an event on Main Street on Tuesday. The Park City edition will include 22 squares and will replace the original locations in Atlantic City, New
Park RecordSep 27 2023
News
FTC files “the big one,” a lawsuit alleging Amazon illegally maintains monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today sued Amazon, claiming the online retail giant illegally maintains monopoly power.
"Our complaint lays out how Amazon has used a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies," FTC Chair Lina Khan said. "The complaint sets forth detailed allegations noting how Amazon is now exploiting its
Ars TechnicaSep 26 2023
News
FTC sues Amazon in landmark antitrust case over ‘exploiting monopolies’ in online selling
The US Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com Inc. in a long-anticipated antitrust case, accusing the e-commerce giant of monopolizing online marketplace services by degrading quality for shoppers and overcharging sellers. In a complaint filed in federal court in Seattle Tuesday, the FTC and 17 states accused Amazon of engaging in a course of conduct to exclude rivals in online marketplace
The Dallas Morning NewsApr 13 2022
Opinion
Left-Leaning Media Seek a Misinformation Monopoly
Kyle Rittenhouse is a domestic terrorist. Brett Kavanaugh is a rapist. Donald Trump won in 2016 only because he colluded with the Kremlin. Nick Sandmann, the boy from Covington Catholic High School on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, was an entitled white bigot. Mr. Trump said the neo-Nazis at Charlottesville were “good people.” Last year’s riots were mostly peaceful. Unarmed black men are
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Sep 13 2023
News
Googling antitrust: The Department of Justice has a strong case against Google’s monopoly power
We like Google, and on some days we love it. It’s a tremendously powerful tool for finding news and getting all kinds of answers on the internet — for sorting wheat from chaff at a time when millions of people are subsisting on all-chaff information diets. But in federal court in Washington, a trial is now underway to determine whether the geniuses who built the industry-leading search engine
New York Daily News