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MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. Yandex entered into antitrust proceedings against Apple over its prohibition against application developers from informing customers about the possibility of paying for purchases outside the AppStore, the company told TASS. “We decided to participate in the process because the decision on this case can have a big impact on both users and developers. We believe that users should be able to learn about different payment methods and make in-app purchases in any way… Source link

The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register NEW DELHI, Jan 7 (Reuters) – India’s competition watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) following allegations from news publishers, saying its initial view was that the tech giant had broken some antitrust laws. In its order, the Competition Commission of India (CCI)… Source link

LONDON (AP) — Germany’s antitrust watchdog paved the way Wednesday for extra scrutiny of Google by designating it a company of “paramount significance,” the first to get that label since regulators got more power to curb abusive practices by big digital companies. The Bundeskartellamt said its decision comes after rules were introduced last year that allow it “to intervene earlier and more effectively” to ban companies from using anti-competitive practices. The… Source link

In a decision as significant as it is unexpected, Germany’s antitrust regulator has concluded that Google’s business meets the threshold for special abuse control which was established under an update to competition law targeted at digital giants and passed at the start of last year. The finding that Google has “paramount significance across markets” is the first such decision taken by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (aka the Bundeskartellamt) — which has ongoing procedures… Source link

The antitrust bills’ supporters accuse the tech giants of spreading baseless fears and stoking small businesses’ anxieties to blunt the growing anti-monopoly momentum in Congress. But the effort shows that the companies’ networks of data centers, warehouses, business partnerships and legions of users have given Amazon and Google a huge number of potential allies in their showdown with Washington. “I’m glad in this case Amazon is deploying people like me,” said Kristin Rae, the… Source link

Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +0.67% GOOG, +0.63% is in the hottest of hot seats as the antitrust spotlight intensifies on Big Tech, with multiple actions expected to come to a head in 2022. A rumored Justice Department lawsuit targeting Google’s digital advertising practices tops its list of regulatory headaches heading into the new year. The suit, which would be the second monopoly case against the company’s… Source link

In its latest move to placate European competition regulators, Google has offered a set of commitments to France’s antitrust watchdog — in the hopes of settling a costly (for it) intervention over legally mandated payments for displaying snippets of news publishers’ content. Back in July, France’s Autorité de la Concurrence slapped the tech giant with a fine of half a billion euros over a series of suspected breaches in how it negotiated with news publishers to remunerate them… Source link

The Google logo is seen on on the company’s European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The French antitrust body said on Wednesday that Google (GOOGL.O) had submitted several proposals on how it would negotiate with news agencies and publishers in a dispute about paying for news content. Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com Register Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van… Source link

The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform of the country’s competition rules will target tech giants Apple and Google — including their duopolistic command of the mobile market, via iOS and Android; their respective app stores; and the browsers and services bundled with mobile devices running their OSes. So it could mean good news for third-party developers trying to get oxygen for alternatives to dominant Apple and… Source link

A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo ROME, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Italy’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) and iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) 10 million euros ($11.23 million) each for “aggressive practices” linked to the commercial use of user data. The authority said in statement that the two tech groups did not provide “clear and immediate information” with regards to… Source link