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US court orders Apple to allow alternative payments for iOS apps; Epic to appeal monopoly claim
2021-09-13 09:01:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Apple must allow iOS app payments outside the App Store, according to a decision in the case brought by Epic Games against Apple in California...
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FTC again aims at breaking up Facebook's social network monopoly
2021-08-20 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
It was in December 2020 that the FTC first filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, arguing that the company had employed anticompetitive practices to ensure its privileged market position. In the filing, the FTC argued that the company should be forced to divest itself of Instagram and WhatsApp, two competing social media platforms that the company purchased for billions of dollars over the past decade…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Alibaba being investigated by China over monopoly tactics
2020-12-24 04:06:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Chinese tech giant is face a probe by regulators into locking merchants into its platform.
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Google hit with third antitrust suit as states point to illegal monopoly in search
2020-12-18 09:01:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Google is facing a third major antitrust suit in the US, started by 38 states led by the Colorado attorney general. Similar to the case filed by the federal Department of Justice in October, the states allege Google illegally maintains its monopoly in the search market through anti-competitive practices, harming both consumers and advertisers. The suit adds the additional charge of 'search bias', accusing Google of favouring its own services in search results.
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FTC seeks sale of WhatsApp, Instagram in Facebook monopoly case
2020-12-10 08:42:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The US Federal Trade Commission along with 48 states and territories of the US have filed lawsuits against Facebook, accusing the company of illegally maintaining a monopoly in the social networking market. The case centres on the company's takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp and may lead to Facebook being forced to divest some of its business. Facebook said the regulators were engaging in "revisionist history" by trying to undo acquisitions they had already approved.
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