Stories Tagged as
Antitrust
What would Google be without Chrome?
Oct 13, 2020
Politico reports that Google may be forced to sell its web browser as part of an antitrust investigation.
House report says Big Tech companies have "too much power"
by
Nova Safo
and Daniel Shin
Oct 7, 2020
The House report calls for the biggest changes in decades in how the government regulates and prevents monopolies.
Fortnite maker sues Apple, Google after its app was removed from stores
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Alex Schroeder
Aug 14, 2020
Epic Games is arguing the tech giants shouldn’t be able to force app makers to fork over a cut of revenues from in-app purchases.
Are the Big Tech companies breaking antitrust rules? Their CEOs testify before Congress.
Jul 29, 2020
Members of Congress believe that these companies are abusing their power. But have they done anything illegal?
Senate subcommittee considers whether giant tech companies have too much power
by
Erika Beras
Sep 18, 2019
Do giant tech companies require more oversight?
Big Tech faces antitrust questions on Capitol Hill
Jul 16, 2019
The panel in the House Antitrust Committee comes amid bipartisan scrutiny of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple.
Judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust law in chip market
May 22, 2019
A federal judge has ruled that Qualcomm unlawfully squeezed out rivals in the cellphone chip market and charged excessive royalties to cellphone manufacturers such as Apple.
For public good, not for profit.
An argument against Big Tech being so big
by
Molly Wood
Nov 13, 2018
A former senior advisor to the FTC makes the case.
"The government is often the underdog," the U.S. assistant attorney general says
Jun 27, 2018
Makan Delrahim talks about the Justice Department's losing bid to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, along with other antitrust cases.
Federal judge approves AT&T-Time Warner merger
Jun 12, 2018
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon green-lit the merger without adding major conditions to the deal.