FTC v. Meta: Meta's lead attorney disparaged tech journalists Kara Swisher and Om Malik, calling Malik a “failed blogger”, resurfacing years-old media tensions
Meta's lead attorney called a once-prominent tech journalist a “failed blogger.” Bluesky: @wavesblog , @karaswisher , @karaswisher , @quillmatiq.com , and @anildash.com X: @jason_kint , @jason_kint , ...
Epic v. Apple: Apple says it received just 38 applications to use its outside payments option for the App Store, out of ~65K app devs that offer in-app payments
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Google and Facebook may continue predatory behavior for years as antitrust cases play out, which can be deterred by filing criminal charges against their execs
Matt Stoller / BIG : Tweets: @halsinger , @billyez2 , @benedictevans , @gretchenspeters , @iwelsh , @jason_kint , @moonalice , @matthewstoller , @matthewstoller , @matthewstoller , @ektrit , and @jas...
Sources: Google's pro-privacy plan to block online ad trackers has boosted the US' antitrust probe, as publishers argue it would create an unfair playing field
Google has taken a lot of heat for violating people's privacy. Now it could get in trouble for trying to protect it. Tweets: @carnage4life , @jason_kint , @amir , and @jessicalessin See also Mediagaz...
Sources detail US antitrust investigations into Google, which are focusing on how the company bundles its ad tools in potentially anticompetitive ways
Bloomberg : Tweets: @alistairmbarr , @jason_kint , @gerritd , @thekenyeung , and @mhbergen See also Mediagazer Tweets: Alistair Barr / @alistairmbarr : U.S. officials building an antitrust case again...
Sources: Invite Media reduced its assets before Google's $80M acquisition in 2010 to avoid requiring FTC approval, the kind of deal the FTC is now re-examining
The 2010 acquisition of Invite Media could come up for new scrutiny — Something unusual was underway in early 2010 at Invite Media … Tweets: @mattrosoff , @jason_kint , @alex , and @ericnewcomer Twe...