Big Tech

US Senators push to break up Google, Facebook ads businesses in new bill

May 19, 2022

Apple Pay recently expanded to let merchants receive payments on their iPhone. - Apple

EU: Apple Pay is anticompetitive

May 2, 2022

Facebook and Twitter have both cracked down significantly on fake accounts since 2016 [Jon Nazca-Reuters]

EU agrees deal to tame internet ‘wild west’

April 23, 2022

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Australia introduces new laws targeting online trolls

November 28, 2021

In a statement, CFBP Director Rohit Chopra framed the orders as an effort to ensure tech companies were not using the power of payment processing to exploit consumers or gain an anti-competitive advantage over smaller firms.

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US regulators demand more info about tech payment systems

October 21, 2021

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington. Lurking beneath Facebook’s decision on whether to continue Donald Trump’s suspension from its platform is a far more complex and consequential question: Do the protections carved out for companies when the internet was in its infancy 25 years ago make sense when some of them have become global powerhouses with almost unlimited reach?(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ex-US president announces social media site

October 21, 2021

Washington – The United States on Monday reimposed curbs on an Israeli billionaire accused of corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reversing a move by Donald Trump during his last days in office.

Donald Trump set to launch new social media platform, ‘TRUTH Social’

October 21, 2021

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 20: Google's offices stand in downtown Manhattan on October 20, 2020 in New York City. Accusing the company of using anticompetitive tactics to illegally monopolize the online search and search advertising markets, the Justice Department and 11 states Tuesday filed an antitrust case against Google. Image Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Russia fines Google again for failing to remove banned content

August 19, 2021

The White House has issued a “fact sheet” listing the industries and policies it’s addressing via an executive order that President Biden will sign later today — and technology is directly in the crosshairs.

Joe Biden executive order to target right to repair, ISPs, net neutrality, and more

July 9, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Protestors demonstrate outside the home of Tucson's Mayor Regina Romero in opposition to the new mask mandate to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., June 20, 2020. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

Over half of people in democracies feel freedoms overly curbed in coronavirus crisis – survey

May 5, 2021

Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seeking to halt his investigation into the company’s content moderation practices.

Twitter sues Texas attorney general for investigation

March 9, 2021

Facebook has accused Apple of privacy shortcomings and abusing its market power after the iPhone maker took a swipe at the social media platform’s data collection practices.

Australian parliament passes media reforms after last-ditch changes

February 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO - Smartphone with Google app icon is seen in front of the Australian flag in this illustration taken January 22, 2021. REUTERS-Dado Ruvic-Illustration-File Photo

Australia’s competition chief claims victory after Facebook standoff

February 24, 2021

FILE PHOTO - The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a combination photo.-File Photo

BofA: Big tech-led equity inflows fuelling ‘mother-of-all asset bubbles’

February 19, 2021

Facebook ‘unfriends’ Australia as news pages go dark in test for global publishing

February 18, 2021