Trump administration doubles down on Big Tech antitrust cases despite Google setback
Tough enforcement continues even as tech bosses court the president
Federal Trade Commission
How Trump spat threatens Elon Musk’s business empire: ‘Nobody on the right or left is gonna buy a Tesla’
Billionaire Elon Musk faces rare convergence of threats - collapsing brand loyalty, shaky revenues, and mounting legal and regulatory risk
‘Tariffs’ is about to become the excuse for absolutely everything we don’t like
My vote for the next pet peeve to be thrown into the semantic black hole of ‘tariff’ would be the hidden fees we pay on everything in the app economy
Mark Zuckerberg haunted by old emails in high-stakes US trial
Meta founder’s antitrust defence rests on showing that TikTok is rapidly expanding in his main market
Meta’s Zuckerberg says TikTok is a major competitive threat
US Federal Trade Commission looking to unwind Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014
Meta’s Zuckerberg admits he bought Instagram because its camera was ‘better’
Admission appears to bolster allegations by US antitrust enforcers that Meta used a ‘buy or bury’ strategy to snap up potential rivals
Privacy groups accuse Google of leaking data to China
Search giant says complaint to Federal Trade Commission based on flawed understanding of how its digital advertising technology works
US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case
Justice department could seek ‘structural remedies’ such as forced product sales after judge’s ruling of illegal monopoly in search
Can anyone stop Google’s monopoly? AI just might
Biggest US antitrust victory since Microsoft could still be too little, too late, as judge considers how to rein in search giant
Regulators at last have oil-price fixing in their sights
The FTC’s ruling on Exxon-Pioneer deal shines a spotlight on the workings of Opec and industry executives
Record medicine shortages expose world’s broken market
Record shortages of common drugs have countries scrambling for alternatives while patients skip treatments
Amazon accused of wielding monopoly power over online retail in landmark lawsuit
FTC case is biggest test yet of Lina Khan’s fight against power of Big Tech
Amgen takeover of Horizon expected to close as FTC pauses challenge
US regulator open to settlement talks on concerns about monopoly access to drugs after losses in several high-profile cases
ChatGPT maker investigated by US regulators over AI risks
Federal Trade Commission probes Microsoft-backed OpenAI over potential harm caused by chatbot fabricating information
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