Netopia.eu4d ago
Big Tech keeps being found too powerful — yet too often the remedies barely touch the business model. Antitrust only matters if rulings lead to real structural change, not fines treated as a cost of doing business. #BigTech #Antitrust #CompetitionLaw #TechPolicy jacobin.com/2026/06/big-...

Is Big Tech Facing Its “Big To...
Is Big Tech Facing Its “Big Tobacco Moment”?

Tech giants including Meta, Google, and Apple are facing increasing popular resentment and losing more and more major court battles. Yet their profits and power look about as secure as ever.

Jan PenfratJun 17

I am at a rather expensive #CompetitionLaw conference today & was quite interested to hear #Competition Commissioner Teresa #Ribera's opening speech.

But that she opens her speech calling #Brussels the "Capital of the respect for human beings" just 1 day after the entry into force of the EU's #DeportationPackage that essentially abolishes the fundamental right to #asylum and builds an infrastructure of abuse really makes me angry.

She then went on talking about contestable markets...

Netopia.euJun 14
Follow for more on the EU tech landscape, platform power, digital rights, press freedom and the laws shaping Big Tech. #DigitalRights #TechRegulation #CompetitionLaw #PressFreedom #SurveillanceCapitalism #CopyrightDirective #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalFairnessAct #GDPR #AIAct

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MediaFaro News DigestJun 7

European publishers sue Google for €640 million.

A group of over 20 European media companies is suing Google for 640 million euros in damages due to alleged violations of EU competition law in the advertising market.

The media groups refer to a fine imposed on Google by the European Commission for violations of competition law in the advertising market.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260606-european-publishers-sue-google-for-640-million?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Google #Publishers #Legal #Court #CompetitionLaw #EU #Advertising #Tech

European publishers sue Google for €640 million.

A group of over 20 European media companies is suing Google for 640 million euros in damages due to alleged violations of EU competition law in the advertising market. The …

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CinqueW NewsMay 27
ANTITRUST Biogen probed by Italy over MS drug competition cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2026/05/biog... #Antitrust #Biogen #MultipleSclerosis #MSDrug #PharmaNews #ItalianAntitrust #CompetitionLaw #HealthcareIndustry #Biotech #Natalizumab #Sandoz #DrugMarket #EUCompetition #Pharmaceuticals #MedicalNews

Biogen probed by Italy over MS...
Biogen probed by Italy over MS drug competition

Italy probes Biogen over alleged attempts to block Sandoz’s MS biosimilar and limit competition in natalizumab drugs.

PPC LandApr 25
FYI: ACCC wins right to intervene in Epic v Apple app payments case: Australia's competition regulator joins Epic v Apple Federal Court hearing on app distribution and in-app payment remedies, with relief resuming 28 April 2026. https://ppc.land/accc-wins-right-to-intervene-in-epic-v-apple-app-payments-case/ #ACCC #EpicVsApple #AppPayments #CompetitionLaw #Australia
ACCC wins right to intervene in Epic v Apple app payments case

Australia's competition regulator joins Epic v Apple Federal Court hearing on app distribution and in-app payment remedies, with relief resuming 28 April 2026.

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PPC LandApr 22
ACCC wins right to intervene in Epic v Apple app payments case: Australia's competition regulator joins Epic v Apple Federal Court hearing on app distribution and in-app payment remedies, with relief resuming 28 April 2026. https://ppc.land/accc-wins-right-to-intervene-in-epic-v-apple-app-payments-case/ #ACCC #EpicVsApple #AppPayments #CompetitionLaw #InAppPurchases
ACCC wins right to intervene in Epic v Apple app payments case

Australia's competition regulator joins Epic v Apple Federal Court hearing on app distribution and in-app payment remedies, with relief resuming 28 April 2026.

PPC Land
PPC LandApr 22
FYI: EU moves to force Google to open search data to rivals under DMA: EU proposes requiring Alphabet to share Google Search query, click, ranking and view data with rival engines on FRAND terms in DMA specification proceedings. https://ppc.land/eu-moves-to-force-google-to-open-search-data-to-rivals-under-dma/ #EUDigitalMarket #GoogleSearch #DataSharing #CompetitionLaw #DMA
EU moves to force Google to open search data to rivals under DMA

EU proposes requiring Alphabet to share Google Search query, click, ranking and view data with rival engines on FRAND terms in DMA specification proceedings.

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PPC LandMar 27
FYI: 18 groups warn EU Commission: act on Google's search non-compliance now: Eighteen European industry groups urge the European Commission to issue a formal DMA non-compliance decision against Alphabet before March 25, 2026, as Google holds over 90% of EU search market share. https://ppc.land/18-groups-warn-eu-commission-act-on-googles-search-non-compliance-now/ #Google #EUDigitalMarket #CompetitionLaw #DigitalRegulation #SearchEngineMarket
18 groups warn EU Commission: act on Google's search non-compliance now

Eighteen European industry groups urge the European Commission to issue a formal DMA non-compliance decision against Alphabet before March 25, 2026, as Google holds over 90% of EU search market share.

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Joanna BrysonMar 15
US states have to enforce the rule of law since their federal government won't. Which means maybe those states are available partners for helping the rest of the world govern the unrecognised and unregulated #transnationalUtilities presently domiciled in the US. #antitrust #competitionLaw

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