FTC accuses Microsoft of misrepresenting its Activision Blizzard plans after layoffs Microsoft argues the firings were going to happen, with or without the acquisition. Jessica Conditt Updated Thu, Feb 8, 2024 AP Photo/Jae C. Hong One week after Microsoft laid off nearly 2,000 employees in its gaming division, the Federal Trade Commission is accusing … Continue reading FTC accuses Microsoft of misrepresenting its Activision Blizzard plans after layoffs
Amazon asks court to dismiss FTC lawsuit that accuses it of ‘monopolistic practices’ The FTC and 17 state attorneys general filed the antitrust complaint against Amazon in September. Cheyenne MacDonald Sun, Dec 10, 2023 Mike Segar / reuters Amazon filed a motion on Friday in the Western Washington district court asking a judge to … Continue reading Amazon asks court to dismiss FTC lawsuit that accuses it of ‘monopolistic practices’
X lawsuit accuses Media Matters of running a campaign to drive advertisers away Media Matters calls the lawsuit an attempt to ‘bully X’s critics into silence.’ Mariella Moon Updated Tue, Nov 21, 2023 AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth X has filed a lawsuit against media watchdog group Media Matters over the latter’s research that showed … Continue reading X lawsuit accuses Media Matters of running a campaign to drive advertisers away from its website
Microsoft Bing Gets Nod After Canadian Official Accuses Google Of ‘Blackmailing’ Canada by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 12, 2023 One Canadian Senator is calling on residents to join him in switching their search engines to Bing in response to the fallout over the federal government’s Online News Act that will see Google and Meta block … Continue reading Microsoft Bing Gets Nod After Canadian Official Accuses Google Of ‘Blackmailing’ Canada
The Justice Department is suing Google to break up its ad business Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Alongside eight states, the US Department of Justice is suing Google to break up the company’s advertising business. In a complaint filed Tuesday with a federal court in Virginia, the agency accused Google of illegally monopolizing the digital advertising … Continue reading DOJ accuses Google of deleting chat evidence for its antitrust lawsuit
Twitter sues Elon Musk for attempting to back out of $44 billion buyout deal The suit sets the stage for a lengthy legal battle. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Andrew Kelly / reuters Twitter is suing Elon Musk to force the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. … Continue reading Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud for hiding real number of fake accounts
CWA accuses Activision of threatening employees for discussing work conditions It’s the second time the union has filed an unfair labor practices charge against the company. A. Khalid @askhalid April 29th, 2022 Mike Blake / reuters The union working to organize Activision Blizzard workers — the Communications Workers of America — filed a complaint today … Continue reading CWA accuses Activision of threatening employees for discussing work conditions
Labor agency alleges Google illegally fired two workers who tried to organize Another employee said she was let go this week over an email to colleagues. K. Holt @krisholt December 3rd, 2020 Toby Melville / reuters The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has accused Google of illegally firing two workers who took part in labor … Continue reading Lawsuit accuses Google of fostering systemic bias against Black employees
Digital ad fraud in the U.S. is worth more than $7 billion annually, according to third party estimates. Greg Sterling on May 17, 2019 In 2017, Google agreed to provide refunds to selected advertisers using DoubleClick Bid Manager (now called Display & Video 360) where ads were served on sites that had fraudulent or invalid … Continue reading Class-action lawsuit accuses Google of improperly withholding refunds for ad fraud
