Disney agrees to pay $10M to settle an FTC complaint that alleges it collected children's data by not designating certain YouTube videos as being made for kids
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Experts say two federal judges declaring Google a monopoly within a year signals a judicial shift toward addressing anticompetitive behavior in digital markets
but investors shouldn't sweat it Rob Nicholls / The Conversation : Google loses online ad monopoly case. But it's just one of many antitrust battles against big tech Matt Milano / WebProNews : Google ...
US DOJ and state AGs sue to break up Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over alleged antitrust violations, following a DOJ probe and Taylor Swift fan complaints
Here's a Detailed Look at the 124-Page Filing Alexander Mallin / ABC News : Justice Department and 30 states seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster through major antitrust suit Business Insider : Th...
The DOJ sues Google, joined by California and seven other US states, calling for the breakup of its ad tech business that allegedly monopolizes the US ad market
1. An open, vibrant internet is indispensable to American life. Lauren Feiner / CNBC : DOJ files second antitrust suit against Google, seeks to break up its ad business Wall Street Journal : DOJ Sues ...
Google reinstates Parler to the Play Store after removing it following the January 6 Capitol attack, citing measures the app has taken to moderate content
Will Apple be next? Tweets: Sara Fischer / @sarafischer : Scoop: @Google is bringing @parler_app back to Google Play Store after banning it following Jan 6th siege Story on @axios https://www.axios.co...
Spotify reports Q4 revenue of €2.69B, up 24% YoY, 406M MAUs, up 18% YoY, and ad-supported revenue of €394M, up 40% YoY and a record 15% of total revenue
he's the #1 podcast in more than 90 markets — he also has to abide by those [content] policies.” —Spotify CEO Daniel Ek (@eldsjal). By my count, first time he has used the name Joe Rogan this week. Lu...
Dismissals of FTC and state AGs suits against Facebook shows the difficulty of making antitrust charges stick and could spur lawmakers to toughen antitrust laws
and how Facebook's big court win could actually help it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : “This is going to strengthen the case for legislation,” said Herbert Hoven...
The dismissal of FTC suit against Facebook shows the difficulty of making antitrust charges stick and could spur lawmakers to strengthen outdated antitrust laws
and threw cold water on the heated campaign to brand Big Tech as illegal monopolists. It shows just how tough it will be for regulators to make their charges of tech malfeasance stick. https://www.axi...
Roku has removed YouTube TV from its channel store after Roku and Google failed to come to a distribution agreement; existing users will continue to have access
what you need to know Ben Gilbert / Insider : Google and Roku are locked in a contract dispute, and YouTube TV is the first casualty: The streaming service has been pulled from Roku devices Todd Spang...
Sources: the Open Technology Fund is suing the US Agency for Global Media, helmed by a new Trump-appointed CEO, for withholding $20M in Congressional funds
Sara Fischer / Axios : Tweets: @sarafischer Tweets: Sara Fischer / @sarafischer : The past 2 CFO's of the @USAGMgov both left the agency (one fired, one quit) in the past week after they were asked t...