All posts tagged with antitrust
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-(Natural News) Facebook’s legal woes continue as the Federal Trade Commission filed a new antitrust complaint last week in its ongoing fight in federal court against the tech giant. In this case, the social media platform is being accused of buying up competitors illegally and crushing its partner app developers as it tries to “moat […]
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-(Natural News) Three dozen states and the District of Columbia sued Google on Wednesday, July 7, alleging that the company illegally abused its power over the sale and distribution of apps through the Google Play store on mobile devices. State attorneys general said in a complaint filed in California federal court that Google used anticompetitive […]
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-(Natural News) Small Business Rising (SBR), a national coalition of groups representing small businesses across America, has launched a campaign calling on Congress to pass stricter antitrust laws that would abolish tech monopolies such as Amazon. The coalition cited a 15-month House Judiciary Committee investigation released back in October that highlighted restructuring as the solution […]
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-(Natural News) The milk industry is in trouble. As consumption declines and dairy farmers increasingly close up shop, many are pointing fingers at those within the industry for its current woes. The responsible parties have even been nicknamed the “milk mafia” to illustrate the control the Dairy Farmers of America, Dean Foods and big milk […]
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-(Natural News) Nearly a decade ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had in its possession overwhelming evidence that Google was engaged in illegal market distortion and other monopolistic behavior. The agency chose to do nothing, however, due to pressure from Barack Obama, whom Google handily rewarded for the favor by reelecting him. The FTC could […]
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-(Natural News) Evidence has emerged to suggest that tech giants Google and Apple are colluding with one another to illicitly drive search revenue growth, and antitrust watchdog groups want answers as to why nothing is being done about it. The online campaign group Marketers For An Open Web (MOW) is urging the U.K.’s Competition and […]
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-(Natural News) Leaked documents from a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation show that former President Barack Obama’s administration had a chance to prevent big tech company Google from monopolizing the market but chose not to. In the early 2010s, as Americans were beginning to flock towards smartphones, Google was able to hammer out multiple exclusionary contracts that made it […]
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-(Natural News) Four states have now joined an antitrust lawsuit that was originally filed by Texas against Google in December accusing the internet company of breaking antitrust laws to enhance its advertising business. Texas is now being joined by Florida, Montana, Nevada, Alaska and Puerto Rico, bringing the total number of plaintiffs in this lawsuit […]
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-(Natural News) If you are a politician or someone with power and influence and you get on Google’s bad side, the world’s third largest tech monopoly can make your life a living hell with the virtual flip of a switch. In a recent interview with SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told […]
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-(Natural News) On Thursday, Jan. 28, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that Facebook’s business model has real-world consequences and can often lead to incidents of violence. These remarks came just one day after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg accused Apple of “abusing its dominance” in the tech industry. Cook made his remarks during a speech at a data […]
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