Antitrust

WASHINGTON - House lawmakers on Friday put extensive antitrust laws in place aimed at limiting the power of big tech and preventing corporate consolidation. If passed, the bills would be the most ambitious update of monopoly laws in…

House Impeachment Manager David Cicilline (D-RI) speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on the second day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on February 10, 2021.Congress.gov via Getty ImagesA group of…

That glosses over the enormous power imbalance between Tencent and the many satellite companies in its orbit. Colin Huang, founder of Pinduoduo, hinted at this in a 2018 interview in which he complained that WeChat refused to censor…

Tim Cook took the position as CEO of Apple for the first time. The billionaire of one of the world's most popular video games led a federal judge through what is known as the Metaverse. And lawyers in masks discussed whether an…

At another point, Apple lawyer asked Mr. Cook about Apple's competition in the app market. Mr Cook said he believes digital marketplaces that sell games, including Epic's and those made by game console makers such as Sony and Microsoft,…

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks (L) and Sundar Pichai from Google.Getty ImagesMicrosoft and Google argued on Friday over their practices and the treatment of news agencies in a battle between past and present antitrust goals.In his…

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks during a Senate Justice Committee hearing titled "Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Elections" on Facebook and Twitter on Capitol Hill in Washington, USA on November 17 ,…

Alphabet and Google are facing multiple government antitrust cases, but the company believes continuing to serve consumers is a winning strategy.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAlphabet and Google face increased government…

Separately, Parler user data was published online in a searchable database on the ArchiveTeam.org website by a single researcher using the Twitter alias "@donk_enby".The researcher began archiving all Parler posts on January 6, the date of…

Alfred A. Knopf announced Monday that Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat and former presidential candidate, would write about monopolies and their recommendations on how to challenge them in a book due to be published in April.The…