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

Sep 23, 2018

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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