A jury will decide if Amazon illegally tricked people into paying for Prime
Lauren Feiner / theverge - Amazon is about to face a roughly month-long trial against the US Federal Trade Commission in Seattle to defend its Prime program from claims it tricked tens of millions of customers into signing up for the membership and made it hard to quit. It's one of…
Back to Top / Sunday, September 21, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 14773 / 3 stories in 5 months
“Yikes”: Internal emails reveal Ticketmaster helped scalpers jack up prices
Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - FTC sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation for turning "blind eye" to scalpers.
Back to Top / Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 14741 / 3 stories in 5 months
The FTC sues Ticketmaster for allegedly colluding with resellers
Will Shanklin / engadget - The FTC and seven states sued Ticketmaster owner Live Nation on Wednesday. The lawsuit accused the company of knowingly allowing brokers to buy tickets in bulk. Ticketmaster allegedly then let them resell the tickets at a significant markup on its own sec…
Back to Top / Thursday, September 18, 2025, 3:20 pm / permalink 14712 / 4 stories in 5 months
U.S. Court of Appeals Hands Epic Games Yet Another Victory Against Google
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - On Friday, a U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously denied Google’s emergency request to pause the Play Store reforms it must make on Android.The post U.S. Court of Appeals Hands Epic Games Yet Another Victory Against Google appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Back to Top / Monday, September 15, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 14572 / 2 stories in 5 months
China accuses Nvidia of antitrust violations tied to Mellanox deal
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - According to Bloomberg, Chinese regulators say Nvidia violated conditions of its 2020 acquisition of Mellanox.The article China accuses Nvidia of antitrust violations tied to Mellanox deal appeared first on THE DECODER.
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China antitrust crackdown on Nvidia deal
Market volatility from antitrust headlines
TikTok deal twists in tech trade talks
US political blame amid China tech dispute
Back to Top / Monday, September 15, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 14547 / 4 stories in 5 months
China says Nvidia violated anti-monopoly law after preliminary probe
cnbc - China's market regulator on Monday said that Nvidia violated the country's anti-monopoly law in relation to its aquisition of Mellanox in 2020.
China’s antitrust probe confirms Nvidia violation
Trade tensions escalate as fines loom
Back to Top / Monday, September 15, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 14529 / 8 stories in 5 months
Microsoft agrees to unbundle Teams from Office in landmark EU settlement
techspot - Microsoft has settled with European Union regulators to decouple its Teams messaging and videoconferencing service from its Office productivity suites, marking the end of a years-long antitrust investigation in Brussels.Read Entire Article
Back to Top / Saturday, September 13, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 14516 / 2 stories in 5 months
FTC Investigates Google, Amazon Over Search Ad Pricing
The FTC has set its sights on Google and Amazon, probing allegations that the tech giants misled advertisers on pricing and terms for search ads. This regulatory move underscores mounting concerns over the transparency and fairness of digital advertising practices.
Back to Top / Friday, September 12, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 14483 / 2 stories in 5 months
Microsoft unbundles Teams from Office 365 to avoid EU fine
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Microsoft has managed to avoid a hefty fine or other sanctions after the European Commission accepted the company’s proposal for unbundling Teams from Office 365 and Microsoft 365. A complaint from Slack a few years ago started the European legal wheels t…
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Microsoft sidesteps hefty EU fine with Teams unbundling deal
cnbc - The European Commission last year accused Microsoft of breaching competition rules with the "abusive" bundling of its Teams and Office products.
EU regulatory commitments
Microsoft unbundling maneuver
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Back to Top / Friday, September 12, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 14434 / 8 stories in 5 months
Adtech company PubMatic sues Google over monopoly violations
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The lawsuit marks the second time that an advertising exchange has sued Google since a federal judge ruled in April that the search giant had illegally monopolized ad exchanges and ad servers.
Back to Top / Monday, September 8, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 14036 / 3 stories in 5 months
Google fined $3.5 billion by EU for ad tech abuse
Emma Roth / theverge - The European Commission has waged a €2.95 billion (~$3.5 billion) fine against Google for “abusing its dominant position” in advertising technology. In its announcement, the Commission claims that Google’s alleged anticompetitive practices have increased …
Back to Top / Friday, September 5, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 13910 / 16 stories in 6 months
Microsoft and EU to Settle Antitrust Case Involving Teams
PYMNTS / pymnts - Microsoft and the European Union have reportedly reached a settlement in which the tech giant will avoid an antitrust fine by agreeing to sell its Teams videoconferencing app separately from its Office packages. In addition, the settlement, which is still…
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Google Fined $381M in France, $425M in the US for Privacy-Violation Tracking on Its Apps
Rohit Singh / medianama - The instances of fines for tracking users’ data in France & the US highlight the compliance pressure on big tech like Google as regulators take a tougher stance on privacy and targeted advertising.The post Google Fined $381M in France, $425M in the US for…
Back to Top / Thursday, September 4, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 13764 / 10 stories in 6 months
Google Ruling Shows Antitrust Tools Struggle to Keep Up With Tech Markets
Dave Michaels / wsj - The marketplace moves faster than the legal system, and judges are skittish about crafting industry rules.
Back to Top / Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 10:20 pm / permalink 13743 / 5 stories in 6 months
Newsmax Sues Fox News for Having a ‘Monopoly’ on Right-Wing News
Lucas Ropek / gizmodo - A brawl has erupted in the rightwing media ecosystem.
Back to Top / Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 13726 / 1 stories in 6 months
Google will not be forced to sell Chrome – but it has work to do
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - A judge has ruled that Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser after the Department of Justice proposed this last year. But as part of the ruling, the court says that the company will have to change some things about the way it operates. The short…
Back to Top / Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 3:20 am / permalink 13641 / 18 stories in 6 months
EU Postpones Google AdTech Fine Over US Backlash Fears
PYMNTS / pymnts - The European Union is reportedly pausing its plans to fine Google over its AdTech practices. That pause, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Sept. 2), stems from fears that the White House could push back by calling off a transatlantic trade deal. Sources to…
Back to Top / Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 13611 / 2 stories in 6 months
Google gets to keep Chrome but is barred from exclusive search deals, judge rules
cnbc - The ruling comes nearly a year after a U.S. judge ruled that Google holds an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search.
Back to Top / Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 13607 / 21 stories in 6 months
FTC Warns Google Over ‘Partisan’ Gmail Spam Filters, Threatens Investigation
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - The FTC has warned Google that its Gmail spam filters may violate federal law, following allegations that the service unfairly targets Republican emails.The post FTC Warns Google Over ‘Partisan’ Gmail Spam Filters, Threatens Investigation appeared first o…
Back to Top / Sunday, August 31, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 13464 / 2 stories in 6 months