The EU opens a wide-ranging probe into TikTok It’s looking into addictive algorithms, harmful content, privacy and more. Steve Dent Mon, Feb 19, 2024 Getty Images TikTok is in the EU’s crosshairs over potential Digital Services Act (DSA) breaches around the safety of minors and other matters. The formal proceedings will focus on addictive … Continue reading The EU opens a wide-ranging probe into TikTok
Elon Musk will have to testify in the SEC’s Twitter probe after all It’s just “one more day of depositions to survive and it’s over,” the judge said. Richard Lai Updated Fri, Dec 15, 2023 Elon Musk Despite Elon Musk’s earlier attempts to avoid further testifying for the Twitter-takeover investigation, his luck appears to … Continue reading Elon Musk will have to testify in SEC’s Twitter probe after all
EU antitrust probe into $20B Adobe-Figma deal resumes Radek Zielinski / Oct 20, 2023 European Union antitrust regulators have restarted their in-depth investigation into Adobe’s proposed $ 20 billion acquisition of web-based design platform Figma, giving themselves until February 5th to reach a decision on the mega tech deal. According to an Oct. 20 … Continue reading EU antitrust probe into $20B Adobe-Figma deal resumes
Microsoft and Amazon face a UK antitrust probe over cloud services Officials are concerned that it’s too difficult for customers to switch to another provider. Kris Holt Thu, Oct 5, 2023 Noah Berger / reuters Microsoft and Amazon are facing more antitrust scrutiny. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it will investigate … Continue reading Microsoft and Amazon face a UK antitrust probe over cloud services
Google To Reportedly Let Ad Rivals Place YouTube Ads In EU Antitrust Probe by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 13, 2022 Google’s parent company Alphabet will allow rival advertising intermediaries to place advertisements on YouTube as part of a European Union (EU) antitrust investigation. This change, according to Reuters, could help Google settle an EU probe from … Continue reading Google To Reportedly Let Ad Rivals Place YouTube Ads In EU Antitrust Probe
Google Hit With UK Antitrust Probe Into Ad-Technology Roles by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, May 26, 2022 The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Thursday another investigation into Google for potential antitrust abuse in connection with its advertising technology. This is the second investigation by the CMA into Google’s advertising practices. The first centered on a … Continue reading Google Hit With UK Antitrust Probe Into Ad-Technology Roles
ANA, 4As, CIMM Probe Industry Transition To ‘Multi-Currency’ Marketplace by Joe Mandese @mp_joemandese, May 6, 2022 Three important ad trade bodies – the Association of National Advertisers, the American Association of Advertising Agencies, and the Advertising Research Foundation’s Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) – Thursday said they are fielding a new study to “explore … Continue reading ANA, 4As, CIMM Probe Industry Transition To ‘Multi-Currency’ Marketplace
The feds are interviewing publishers and ad-tech rivals about whether Google has too much control “over the monetization of digital content.” Greg Sterling on February 5, 2020 The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is talking with multiple publishers and ad-tech companies as it scrutinizes Google’s third-party ad tools, as part of the DOJ’s antitrust investigation, the … Continue reading Justice Department homing in on Google Ad Manager in antitrust probe
50 Attorneys General Back Google Antitrust Probe by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, September 9, 2019 Fifty attorneys general are backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s official announcement of an antitrust probe into Google’s dominance in online advertising. The announcement, made Monday, excludes Alabama as well as California, the state run by Governor Gavin Newsom, who is … Continue reading 50 Attorneys General Back Google Antitrust Probe That Excludes Alabama, California
