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Mar 21 2024
News
How Europe’s regulatory battle with Apple could signal what’s to come for American consumers
It’ll likely take years before the U.S. government’s massive antitrust lawsuit against Apple is resolved — but the iPhone maker’s troubles with European regulators offer a glimpse of what changes American customers may see down the line.
The U.S. lawsuit seeks to stop Apple from undermining technologies that compete with its own apps in areas such as streaming, messaging and digital
Associated PressMar 14 2024
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New study charts utilities' political spending and influence in Md. State House
As lawmakers and consumer advocates in state capitols — including in Annapolis — begin to more closely scrutinize the political activities of utilities across the country, a good government group is due to release a report that attempts to quantify the utilities’ level of political spending and lobbying activity in the Maryland State House. A new study from the Maryland PIRG Foundation, which
Maryland MattersJul 06 2023
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Musk Calls Out Meta’s ‘Algorithm-Only’ Approach And ‘Social Media Monopoly’ After Threads Hits 30 Million Milestone
Twitter owner Elon Musk continued to criticize Meta’s new rival platform Threads late Thursday, accusing the company of using its algorithms to manipulate information and highlighting its extensive data collection practices, on the backdrop of a potential legal fight between the two social media giants following Threads’ successful launch. In a series of tweets—mostly replies to tweets from
ForbesJan 24 2023
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Ticketmaster Hearing Takeaways: After Taylor Swift Debacle, Some Senators Call Live Nation a ‘Monopoly’
Live Nation came under fierce questioning from lawmakers and competitors at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday that explored whether the company’s 2010 merger with Ticketmaster, which formed a colossus without equal in the multibillion-dollar live music business, had stifled competition and hurt consumers.
Here are four takeaways from the hearing, which was called after
New York Times (News)Aug 19 2021
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Facebook has held a ‘durable monopoly’ for a decade, FTC says in amended suit
Facebook has held a monopoly over personal social networking for the past decade, according to a beefed-up antitrust suit by the Federal Trade Commission filed Thursday.
The FTC’s amended suit, which comes two months after a federal judge dismissed an earlier version, seeks to force Facebook to restructure or sell off assets including Instagram and WhatsApp that it says help the
New York Post (News)Feb 08 2021
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China issues new anti-monopoly rules targeting its tech giants
China’s market regulator released new anti-monopoly guidelines on Sunday that target internet platforms, tightening existing restrictions faced by the country’s tech giants.
The new rules formalize an earlier anti-monopoly draft law released in November and clarify a series of monopolistic practices that regulators plan to crack down on.
The guidelines are expected to put new
CNBCFeb 28 2018
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Google still abusing search engine monopoly, rivals tell EU
Google should be hit with further sanctions because last year’s £2.1bn EU fine has done nothing to improve competition, the search giant’s opponents have claimed.
The Telegraph - UKNov 17 2022
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AOC trashes Ticketmaster/Live Nation ‘monopoly’ after Taylor Swift tix snafu: ‘Break them up’
Look what you made her do, Taylor.
After being called out as missing in action by fellow Democrats during last week’s election, where Democrats lost control of the House, and by some New York constituents as well, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) leaped into action Tuesday night — over Taylor Swift.
The Queens-Bronx congresswoman called out Ticketmaster and Live Nation after
New York Post (News)Feb 28 2024
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Arizona attorney general sues RealPage, landlords; accuses them of conspiring to illegally raise rents
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing RealPage and nine corporate-owned landlord operators, accusing them of illegally price-fixing rental prices in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. “In the last two years, residential rents in Phoenix and Tucson have risen by at least 30% in large part because of this conspiracy that stifled fair competition and
Arizona's FamilyApr 20 2022
Analysis
Former Intelligence Officials, Citing Russia, Say Big Tech Monopoly Power is Vital to National Security
A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies — Facebook, Google, and Amazon — would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy. The majority of this
Glenn Greenwald