Apple, Meta fined for breaking EU antitrust rules
Facebook and Instagram parent companies Apple and Meta were fined together on Tuesday for breaking antitrust rules in the European Union’s digital market. The European Commission violated the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by fines Apple 500 million euros, or about $570 million, and blocking app developers from customers to alternatives other than the iPhone’s App […]
Google search antitrust remedy must address AI, DOJ warns while seeking historic breakup
Justice Department lawyers warned that Google’s search advantage is rippling into the AI race. This threatens to crush rivals as the groundbreaking antitrust relief phase began Monday against the high-tech giant. Google has already used artificial intelligence as a “way to access search” and will continue to do so without government intervention, DOJ lawyer David […]
Questions swirl about Google's future after antitrust losses
Google’s Tech Empire is on an increasingly unstable ground after losing two antitrust laws within a year. A federal judge on Thursday determined that Google had an illegal monopoly on advertising technology. It’s only eight months after another judge discovered that the tech giant monopolized online searches and violated antitrust laws. When the Department of […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s explosive emails about Instagram, WhatsApp take center stage at FTC antitrust trial
Mark Zuckerberg’s private email regarding Facebook’s purchase of Instagram over a decade ago has returned to haunt the meta at this week’s historic antitrust trial. And the outcome of the case could ultimately depend on whether the judge would purchase an attempt to explain them, experts told the Post. The Federal Trade Commission presented a […]
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg had offered FTC $450M in failed bid to settle antitrust case: report
Mark Zuckerberg’s meta reportedly extended a meager of just $450 million and extended just $450 million to resolve the Landmark FTC Antitrust Act, which could lead to the company’s disbandment. Zuckerberg, which was just a portion of the $30 billion requested by the FTC, provided Chairman Andrew Ferguson in late March, The The The The […]
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson Speaks Out on the High-Stakes Meta Antitrust Trial
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson discusses the initiation of an antitrust lawsuit against Meta and explains the deregulation efforts of the Trump administration. On Monday’s Mornings With Maria, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson highlighted the agency’s antitrust action against Meta Platforms. A court case emerged after the FTC accused Meta of “engaging […]
EU to Slap Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta with Record Antitrust Fine of Up to $1 Billion
The EU is poised to hit the meta of Facebook and Instagram parent company Mark Zuckerberg, with sources close to the situation, with more than $1 billion fines allegedly violating strict antitrust regulations. New York Post Report The European Commission, the EU's antitrust watchdog, is expected to conclude that the meta is not compliant with […]
Why Trump's antitrust agenda could spell trouble for Big Tech
The Trump administration has made progress in several Biden-era antitrust litigation, policy and position, and has a continuous focus on offensive antitrust enforcement that could spell out big technology troubles. Despite President Trump's seemingly close relationship with technology leaders in his second term, his administration doesn't seem keen to mess up antitrust enforcement, which has […]
Jefferson, Penn, Temple join antitrust lawsuits against IBX and other Blue Cross insurers – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia's leading nonprofit Health System joined anti-trust lawsuits this month against IBX, Horizon and other Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance companies. Temple University Health System, University of Pennsylvania Health System, and Philadelphia Children's Hospital have eight A non-profit healthcare system with Philadelphia-area businesses that are suing in federal courts. Thomas Jefferson University and Mainline […]
FTC to grill Mark Zuckerberg at antitrust trial as it seeks Instagram breakup amid Big Tech crackdown
The Federal Trade Commission hopes to grill meta boss Mark Zuckerberg next month in an anti-trust trial seeking to settle the Instagram acquisition. Zuckerberg is one of the key meta-executives called to testify at trial. List of witnesses submitted by FTC lawyers Court filings on Wednesday. The trial is scheduled to begin in April. The […]