Tag: Big Tech
EU Commission OKs Telecoms’ Advertising Venture To Compete Against Big Tech
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Vodafone on Friday secured unconditional EU antitrust approval for their advertising joint venture to take on Big Tech.
"The transaction,...
Saudi Arabia Says Foreign Big Tech To Invest More Than $9B...
Saudi Arabia has attracted more than $9 billion in investments in future technologies, including by US giants Microsoft and Oracle, which are building cloud...
New Big Tech Congressional Antitrust Caucus Formed
On Thursday a bipartisan pair of lawmakers vowed to keep a focus on reforming US antitrust laws to curb the power of Amazon, Apple,...
Congress Must Halt Big Tech’s Power Grab
By William P. Barr, WSJ
Big Tech has far too much power. Lawmakers from both parties agree, but for years Congress has been all talk...
Fragile Giants: Reassessing Market Power in Platform Ecosystems
It is widely assumed that platform technology markets are inherently prone to monopoly outcomes in which a single firm or a handful of firms...
Market Definition and Three 19a Designations Under German Antitrust Law: Alphabet,...
The Bundeskartellamt has designated Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon as 19a firms. Thus, they are potentially subject to specific competition law interventions under a special...
A Definition of Platforms with Meaningful Policy Implications
While the term “platform” is ubiquitous in everyday language, its precise definition in the context of topics related to competition, policy and antitrust still...
House Republican Pushes Congress To Enact Legislation To Curb Big Tech
Colorado Rep. Ken Buck is pushing Congress to pass legislation that will curb Big Tech companies’ power, but is unsure whether he will remain...
Republicans And Democrats, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses
By Joe Biden
The American tech industry is the most innovative in the world. I’m proud of what it has accomplished, and of the many talented,...
The Year Ahead In Antitrust For Big Tech In The US...
By James Hercher, Adex Changer
2023 is only a week in and antitrust scrutiny is already roiling the American big tech cadre of Alphabet, Amazon,...
