Tag: Big Tech
Big Tech, Big Data, And Competition Policy: Favoring Dynamic Over Static...
By Nicolas Petit (European University Institute) & David Teece (Institute for Business Innovation)
This paper gives a fresh account of competition in the digital economy....
US House Committee Approves Big Tech Report
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee formally approved a report that accuses big tech companies, including Apple, of either buying or crushing smaller...
China’s Antitrust Regulator Grows Staff As Big Tech Crackdown Grows
China’s competition watchdog is adding staff and other resources as it ramps up efforts to crack down on anti-competitive behavior, especially among the country’s...
UK’s New Big Tech Watchdog Is Open for Business
The UK launched a new regulatory body aimed at policing allegations of anticompetitive behavior among the world’s largest technology companies, adding another agency to...
 Indian CEO Says Regulating Big Tech Requires Delicate Balance
Tech regulation is a delicate balancing act and cannot be implemented too early or too late, according to the CEO of Tech Mahindra, reported...
Biden Struggling To Fill DOJ Antitrust Seat: Politico
President Joe Biden’s search for the Justice Department’s top trust-busting role is being bogged down by ethics concerns, both about candidates who have represented...
Antitrust Scrutiny Is A Growing Concern For China’s Big Tech
By Hope King, Axios
Big Tech players in China like Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu are facing challenges all-too-familiar to Amazon, Facebook and Google.
Why it matters: Antitrust...
1980s AT&T Antitrust Fight May Give Lawmakers Map To Rein In...
By Jon Reid (Bloomberg)
To curb the power of Big Tech, lawmakers are eyeing a world where Facebook users could communicate seamlessly with users of...
US House Antitrust Chairman Has New Big Tech Bills In The...
Democratic Representative David Cicilline, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, is preparing to come out with 10 or more pieces of legislation...
Worried About Big Tech? Meet Big Aerospace
By Brooke Sutherland, Bloomberg
In a previous life at Bloomberg, I wrote about mergers and acquisitions, including a handful of deals that collapsed under U.S. regulatory scrutiny...