antitrust – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:24:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Facebook Said to be Facing Antitrust Order that Would Halt App Interoperability /facebook-said-to-be-facing-antitrust-order-that-would-halt-app-interoperability/ /facebook-said-to-be-facing-antitrust-order-that-would-halt-app-interoperability/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:38:00 +0000 /?p=14274 Facebook’s antitrust problems appear to be growing, with the U.S.’s top consumer protection agency reportedly considering action next year that would effectively wall off some its products and prevent them from integrating them.  The Federal Trade Commission is considering seeking an order “as soon as January” that would prevent Facebook from enforcing its rules concerning […]

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]]> /facebook-said-to-be-facing-antitrust-order-that-would-halt-app-interoperability/feed/ 0 Online Ad Firm Calls for Breakup of Google in Antitrust Lawsuit /online-ad-firm-calls-for-breakup-of-google-in-antitrust-lawsuit/ /online-ad-firm-calls-for-breakup-of-google-in-antitrust-lawsuit/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:26:10 +0000 /?p=13974 An Atlanta online ad company is the latest to call for Google’s breakup, claiming the search giant is a monopoly that uses its dominance in a number of areas that hurt rivals.  The antitrust lawsuit by Inform Inc. says Google’s monopoly status in search, online advertising, mobile operating systems and ad servers stifles competition. The […]

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]]> /online-ad-firm-calls-for-breakup-of-google-in-antitrust-lawsuit/feed/ 0 EU Antitrust Chief Promises Renewed Assault on Big Tech’s Data Use /eu-antitrust-chief-promises-renewed-assault-on-big-techs-data-use/ /eu-antitrust-chief-promises-renewed-assault-on-big-techs-data-use/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:31:58 +0000 /?p=11641 The European Union’s competition chief has a warning for Big Tech: the heat is staying on. Margrethe Vestager said in an interview that “We are definitely not done yet” when it comes to looking at whether companies are abusing their access to users’ personal information. “We want to figure out, is this a fair use […]

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