GravitasHow does Google get away with this?
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If we're being honest this should probably be the biggest news story today. We already knew all the terrible things the media is focusing on today, but this could be a game-changer.
#LegalNews #TechnologyNews #Internet #Google #Alphabet #TheAtlantic #CorruptBusinessPractices #Lawsuit #News #Anticompetitive #Monopoly #CompetitiveAdvantage #Fraud #Misrepresentation #UnfairCompetition
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/the-atlantic-google-alphabet-lawsuit
They're a major competitor in the #AI space so I presumed this was to avoid accusations that they were being #Anticompetitive by banning #Grok. 
Joseph Lim 
@BusinessInsider @tech-BusinessInsider
On #meta eating #manus #AI: All the talk and commentary about talent acquisition, #geopolitical #competition, #export controls, etc. Has any respectable analyst, market/tech reporter, #journalist, commentator discussed the #antitrust and #anticompetitive impacts of meta's seemingly #predatory #acquisition of #agenticAI startup manus?π€ Please share because I personally haven't seen any.π
On #meta eating #manus #AI: All the talk and commentary about talent acquisition, #geopolitical #competition, #export controls, etc. Has any respectable analyst, market/tech reporter, #journalist, commentator discussed the #antitrust and #anticompetitive impacts of meta's seemingly #predatory #acquisition of #agenticAI startup manus?π€ Please share because I personally haven't seen any.π
kctiptonSecret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices Across the Economy https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/secret-documents-show-pepsi-and-walmart #walmart #pepsi #capitalism #collusion #anticompetitive
PPC LandGoogle fined $55 million for anti-competitive search deals with Australian telcos: Federal Court orders Google Asia Pacific to pay penalties for exclusive pre-installation agreements with Telstra and Optus that locked out rival search engines. https://ppc.land/google-fined-55-million-for-anti-competitive-search-deals-with-australian-telcos/ #GoogleFine #AntiCompetitive #AustralianTelcos #SearchEngine #FederalCourt
eicker.news α³ tech newsThe US Department of Justice #DoJ is urging a #breakup of #Googleβs #adtechnology, citing #anticompetitive practises. Google argues that the proposed divestiture would disrupt millions of ad transactions and that market shifts driven by AI will increase competition. https://bestmediainfo.com/mediainfo/mediainfo-digital/google-faces-us-government-in-court-over-ad-tech-monopoly-10799714?eicker.news #tech #media #news
BGDon π¨π¦ πΊπΈ π¨βπ»Not so fast! Do the advantages out weight the risks? Or - whatever happened unleashing innovation vs. picking winners and losers!
Quantum-computing companies considering exchanging equity stakes for federal funding. Its sounds simple, but there are REAL dangers.
Companies may face market distortions, conflicts of interest, and politicization of commercial decisions - stifling competition and slowing progress. Federal agencies can only acquire equity stakes in private companies when explicitly authorized by specific legislation. Legislation can be changed/removed after initially being approved.
Companies might get embroiled with scrutiny under antitrust laws or other regulatory regimes designed to prevent unfair competitive practices.
https://www.investors.com/news/quantum-computing-stocks-trump-administration-equity-stakes-ionq-rigetti/ #Quantum #QuantumComputing #USGov #Equity #Investing #Politicization #ConflictsofInterest #AntiTrust #AntiCompetitive #Innovation
Kevin Karhan 
THIS is #extortion and #blackmail by #Google and I'd like to ask if anyone else wants to file protest at @BNetzA & @EUCommission if not file charges against #Google for said felonious blackmail...
- #NotLegalAdvice but if Google wants to #ban #3rdPartyAppStores by criminalizing #IndieDevelopers outside of #GooglePlay and call it "#Sideloading" I feel obligated to consider said charges because what Google does is literally commit #ComputerSabotage against my own devices...
Seriously, I hope @fdroidorg / #Fdroid and other #3rdParty #AppStores actively consider this #AntiCompetitive action by Google as an act of #sabotage.
- NOONE can claim Google are "the good guys" when they are subject to #CloudAct and enforce #cyberfacist bs like that.
It's time for #Android to be #forked!
- Maybe call it "#RobotMobileOS" or something...
LisPi@mia Ah, finally an official thing.
Thank you for the notification.
#BoostPlz #CanPol #FinancialCensorship #Censorship #Anticompetitive #AnticompetitivePractices #Canada #Petition