Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, is law that promotes or maintains market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. The history of competition law reaches back to the Roman Empire. The business practices of market traders, guilds and governments have always been subject to scrutiny, and sometimes severe sanctions. Since the 20th century, competition law has become global.
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Big tech’s ‘ethical guidelines’ are no substitute for real regulation
Data ethics is now a cause célèbre. “Digital ethics and privacy” shot into research and advisory company Gartner’s ...
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How tech giants can strangle transformative tech at birth — and how to stop them
Google is digesting its third whopping antitrust penalty from the European Commission, having been fined €1.5 billion (£1.3 ...
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EU fines Google €1.49 billion in AdSense antitrust case
The EU has announced the third big antitrust fine against Google. The EU found Google's AdSense abused its market dominance ...
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Open standards can disrupt Facebook’s messaging monopoly
Facebook is working on integrating Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp's messaging platforms into a monopoly. Here's how it ...
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EU fines ASUS, Philips, Pioneer, and Denon & Marantz €111M for breaching EU antitrust rules
The European Commission has fined four major consumer electronics manufacturers €111 million for illegally pushing up prices ...
