Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that President Donald Trump and the Freedom Caucus continue to fight for the millions of forgotten men and women in Washinton, DC.
Tech giant Apple banned the developer account of free speech-focused social media network Gab, preventing the company from creating apps for iPhones and other Apple devices, shortly after the startup submitted a complaint to the Department of Justice about Big Tech’s anti-competitie business practices.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai cautioned against the “unintended consequences” of regulating large tech companies such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
Forty-three state attorneys general sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging it to take action on big tech privacy and competition.
Tech giant Google has appealed a $1.7 billion antitrust fine by the E.U, over the company’s “illegal” advertising practices, as the U.S. government begins considering its own antitrust action against the Masters of the Universe at the same time.
The House Judiciary Committee said Monday that it will launch a “top-to-bottom” antitrust investigation of America’s largest tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook, and Google, making antitrust behavior of big tech a bipartisan issue.
Apple shares fell Monday following a report that the DOJ is considering an antitrust investigation of the Silicon Valley giant.
According to recent reports, the antitrust investigation into tech giant Google by the DOJ could move quickly due to the company’s lack of political allies and history of complaints.
According to recent reports, the U.S. Justice Department is preparing to launch an antitrust investigation into Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
The FCC chief said he would approve the merger after companies made commitments to build out a 5G network.
Reuters reports that in yet another antitrust issue, Google is being investigated over allegations of using its Android mobile operating system market dominance to block rivals in India.
Amazon has reportedly “quietly” removed “special treatment” to its own products from Amazon search results and other areas of the site amid growing Big Tech concerns.
The E.U. has once again fined tech giant Google for breaching antitrust rules, making it the third time in three years that Google has faced penalties.
Tech giant Apple published a scathing response to music streaming service Spotify which recently filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in the E.U.
Music streaming service Spotify has reportedly filed an antitrust complaint with the European Union over Apple’s app store, which charges 30 percent for subscriptions to streaming services like Spotify, which it calls a “tax.”
Appearing at SXSW on Saturday, CNN president Jeff Zucker accused President Donald Trump of instigating a Justice Department lawsuit to block AT&T’s mega-merger with parent company Time Warner.
Germany’s antitrust regulator, the Bundeskartellamt, is cracking down on Facebook over its collection of user data. The agency promises, “Facebook will no longer be allowed to force its users to agree to the practically unrestricted collection and assigning of non-Facebook data.”
The Supreme Court will hear an antitrust case on Monday that focuses on Apple’s alleged antitrust violations with regards to its App Store practices.
Facebook hired Department of Justice antitrust chief Kate Patchen, consider the top antitrust lawyer in Silicon Valley, in a move which Business Insider claims could be a sign Facebook is “preparing for war with Donald Trump’s administration.”
Law professor Adam Candeub disagreed with an FTC commissioner who argued social media platforms shouldn’t be subject to regulation.
In a recent interview, President Donald Trump stated that his administration was “looking at” whether or not the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe have violated antitrust laws.
Trump administration antitrust chief Makan Delrahim is moving the U.S. government back to an evidence-based approach to patents that will benefit consumers and lead to greater economic growth, rejecting the approach of the Obama administration.
The Justice Department is considering a probe into potential anti-competitive behavior with their Android OS product.
Google published a document recently that outlines how the tech titan wants Congress to regulate them ahead of a Senate hearing this week.
Antitrust regulators in Singapore fined both Uber and Singapore ride-hailing app Grab $9.5 million over a merger of the two companies that resulted in 10 to 15 percent fare increases.
The White House has reportedly drafted an executive order that would open an antitrust investigation into the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry will reportedly encourage Attorney General Jeff Sessions to break up Google, Facebook, and Twitter during a meeting next week.
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is questioning Amazon’s use of data to discover if the online retailer is breaching antitrust rules.
Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) called for a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation of Google’s manipulation of their search engine given their ‘unrvivaled power’ and using their “monopoly to promote liberal agendas.”
Tim Wu, the former FTC senior adviser who coined the term “net neutrality,” has expressed support for the breaking up of Big Tech monopolies.
President Donald Trump took aim at Amazon Monday morning, raising the possibility that the company could face antitrust legal problems and accusing it of using the U.S. Post Office as a “delivery boy.”
The European Union has fined Google $5 billion for “denying rivals a chance to innovate” through its Android operating system.
AFP — Google faced a record EU anti-trust fine of 4.3 billion euros on Wednesday over its Android smartphone system, in a ruling that risks a fresh clash between Brussels and Washington. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed notice Thursday that it will appeal federal District Judge Richard Leon’s ruling allowing telecom giant AT&T and content creator Time Warner’s merger to go through.
The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Apple’s App Store is a monopoly.
AT&T’s stunning and total victory over the government raises the question of whether antitrust law is capable of dealing with corporate titans in our digital era.
While defending the Antitrust Division’s focus on consumer welfare, Delrahim describes the standard as broad enough to tackle the challenges presented by market-dominating digital platforms.
Judge Richard Leon’s much anticipated antitrust decision on the merger of AT&T and Time Warner is in. AT&T scored a total victory against the U.S. government.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s is planning to announce Tuesday in a federal court in Washington, D.C. his decision on whether AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner can move forward. The announcement is scheduled for 4 P.M. Tuesday.
A Thursday report from Axios revealed that Google is facing billions in EU antitrust fines.
