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Facebook co-founder calls for government action to limit its ‘unprecedented’ power

May 9, 2019

A Facebook co-founder has said the government should break up the social media giant, to rein in Mark Zuckerberg’s “unprecedented and un-American” power over communication, according to The Guardian. In a Ne...

Warren’s proposal to rein in tech companies may not be as rash as it sounds

West Side Story

Mar 9, 2019

Business, Innovation, Opinion, Science

In today’s political and commercial climate, 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to break up the nation’s largest tech companies sounds almost apocalyptic. Companies like Amazon and Googl...

Leaked draft of executive order calls for antitrust investigation into social media bias

West Side Story

Sep 23, 2018

Business, Policy, Science

President Trump’s accusations of social media bias against conservative views may soon begin informing White House policy. Business Insider has acquired a copy of a proposed executive order that would direct fe...

Is the EU’s antitrust penalty against Google the right way to rein in tech giants?

West Side Story

Jul 29, 2018

Business, Opinion, Policy, Science

Earlier this month, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager ordered Google to stop promoting its own search engine and apps on smartphones through its Android operating system, and issued a record $5 billion fi...

Google Inc. (NYSE:GOOG) can face $6 billion antitrust charge, warns EU Commissioner

Platonium

Sep 24, 2014

Innovation

The Internet search giant, Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been warned by EU for facing formal charges that could go up to $6 billion if it fails to solve the conflict of giving equal prominence to rival search e...

Google-Waze Deal Probed by U.S. Authorities

Platonium

Jun 23, 2013

Innovation

The Federal Trade Commission will examine the possibility of antitrust issue in Google’s acquisition for $1 billion of Waze, the social mapping service in Israel. The probe might force the Internet search giant...

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