The US FTC's antitrust trial against Meta ends; Judge James Boasberg, who is presiding over the case, says he will work “expeditiously” to issue an opinion
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SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
Google agrees to a record $391.5M privacy settlement with 40 state AGs over charges the company misled users into thinking they had disabled location tracking
Cecilia Kang / New York Times :
Court filing: the FTC agrees to drop Mark Zuckerberg as a defendant in a suit to block Meta's Within acquisition after Meta vowed he wouldn't buy it personally
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Filing: Amazon accuses the FTC of harassing its top executives, including Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, as part of its investigation into Prime membership
Amazon allegedly unfairly complicates the process for customers who want to cancel Prime—is “harassment” per Amazon https://arstechnica.com/... Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang : Amazon fighting FTC demand...
FTC's updated suit against Facebook incorrectly claims that Facebook has driven up ad prices via monopoly control over the personal social networking market
the only two “no” votes against bringing an antitrust action against Facebook were the two GOP commissioners. Despite all their bluster, Republicans love Big Tech. https://twitter.com/... @hurricap : ...
FTC files a new antitrust complaint against Facebook, after a judge dismissed the first complaint in June; Facebook has until October 4 to respond
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Tweets: @fbnewsroom : We are reviewing the FTC's amended complaint and will have more to say soon. Lina Khan / @linakhanftc : FTC Alleges...
FTC asks a federal judge for an extension until August 19 to file an updated antitrust suit against Facebook and says Facebook has agreed to the proposal
Cecilia Kang / New York Times :
DOJ and 11 state AGs, all Republican, file a suit alleging that Google acted anticompetitively to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising
not because they're forced to or because they can't find alternatives. We will have a full statement this morning. Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : A few peanut-gallery thoughts on DOJ v Google as a vet...
Sources: FTC's antitrust probe of Facebook will probably roll into next year when there may be a new president as FTC looks into its acquisition of Giphy
Cecilia Kang / New York Times : Tweets: @tofdaj , @catschocolates , and @nytimestech Tweets: @tofdaj : Giphy acquisition getting a thorough look by regulator. Less about this case and more CYA by FTC...