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On Monday, Apple was hit with a stunning €1.84 billion ($2 billion) fine for violating antitrust laws in Europe. The EU said the company “abused its dominant position” by forcing Spotify and other music streaming apps not to tell customers they could ...

Apple Slapped With $2 Billion Fine for Ripping Off Music ...

This entry was posted in app-store apple inc apple music iTunes Margrethe Vestager Netflix Spotify and tagged apple iphone on March 4, 2024 by Thomas Germain

Google was hit with a new antitrust complaint Wednesday, fresh from EU regulators who say the search giant may need to sell part of its online advertising empire. The formal statement of objections ratchets up pressure as Google contends with two other...

EU Mounts New Antitrust Assault to Break Up Google’s Ad ...

This entry was posted in artificial intelligence Margrethe Vestager world wide web Yahoo and tagged google on June 14, 2023 by Thomas Germain

The European Union has been digging into the competition implications of AI-powered voice assistants and other Internet of Things (IoT) connected technologies for almost a year. Today it’s put out a first report discussing potential concerns that EU lawmakers say will help inform their wider digital policymaking in the coming years. A major piece of […]

Voice AIs are raising competition concerns, EU finds

This entry was posted in Amazon artificial intelligence Europe Gadgets Internet of Things IoT Margrethe Vestager Policy privacy virtual assistant voice assistant and tagged google on June 9, 2021 by Natasha Lomas

Facebook is facing a fresh pair of antitrust probes in Europe. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the EU’s Competition Commission both announced formal investigations into the social media giant’s operations today — with what’s likely to have been co-ordinated timing. The competition regulators will scrutinize how Facebook uses data from advertising customers […]

Facebook’s use of ad data triggers antitrust probes in UK ...

This entry was posted in Amazon antitrust Europe Germany Margrethe Vestager Policy Social United Kingdom and tagged facebook google social media on June 4, 2021 by Natasha Lomas

Facebook’s use of ad data triggers antitrust probes in UK ...

This entry was posted in Amazon antitrust Europe Germany Margrethe Vestager Policy Social United Kingdom and tagged facebook google social media on June 4, 2021 by Natasha Lomas

The European Commission must block the Google -Fitbit merger as a matter of democratic imperative, prominent academic and author Shoshana Zuboff has warned. The Harvard professor who wrote the defining book on surveillance capitalism has become the latest voice raised against the $2.1BN data+devices deal — that’s now been delayed at the regulatory clearance stage […]

Europe urged to block Google-Fitbit ahead of major digital policy ...

This entry was posted in antitrust artificial intelligence Europe fitbit Gadgets Margrethe Vestager Policy privacy and tagged google on December 11, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

In a set-back for Google’s plan to acquire health wearable company Fitbit, the European Commission has announced it’s opening an investigation to dig into a range of competition concerns being attached to the proposal from multiple quarters. This means the deal is on ice for a period of time that could last until early December. […]

Google-Fitbit deal to be scrutinized in Europe over data competition ...

This entry was posted in Android antitrust Europe fitbit Gadgets Internet of Things Margrethe Vestager operating system Policy privacy smartphones Sundar Pichai wearable technology Wearables WhatsApp and tagged facebook google on August 4, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

The potential for the Internet of Things to lead to distortion in market competition is troubling European Union lawmakers who have today kicked off a sectoral inquiry. They’re aiming to gather data from hundreds of companies operating in the smart home and connected device space — via some 400 questionnaires, sent to companies big and […]

EU antitrust lawmakers kick off IoT deep dive to follow ...

This entry was posted in Amazon artificial intelligence Asia Europe Gadgets Internet of Things IoT Margrethe Vestager Policy privacy Wearables on July 16, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

Apple is under formal investigation by antitrust regulators in European Union — following a number of complaints related to how it operates the iOS App Store and also its payment offering, Apple Pay. The Commission said today that it has concerns that conditions and restrictions applied by the tech giant may be distorting competition in […]