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EC Formally Investigating Amazon for Anti-Competitive Conduct

Amazon is feeling the pressure from the European Commission (EC). There is now officially a formal investigation underway on whether the retail giant breaches competition ...

July 17, 2019 at 4:25 pm by

Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine

Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine Earlier this year, a European Commission hit Google with a $5BN fine. Yes, that’s five billion Dollars. Just so we’re clear! ...

October 10, 2018 at 11:38 am by

Asus, Denon, Philips, and Pioneer Fined €111 Million for Price Fixing

Strong-Arming Retailers Four consumer electronic firms were fined by the European Commission 111 million euros on Tuesday for fixing prices on their resold items. The ...

July 24, 2018 at 3:44 pm by

Mark Zuckerberg EU Meeting Deemed Missed Opportunity

Mark Zuckerberg EU Meeting Deemed Disappointing and missed opportunity Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg faced the EU Commission to discuss the recent data scandal and other matters ...

May 23, 2018 at 12:05 pm by

European Commission Is Investigating ASUS for Price Manipulation

Price manipulation is a very serious issue, and it looks like ASUS, alongside other brands such as Pioneer, Denon & Marantz, and Philips are currently being investigated ...

February 2, 2017 at 1:20 pm by

Facebook Charged With Misleading Over WhatsApp Merger

Facebook has been accused of deliberately misleading the European Commission (EC) over its merger with instant messaging app WhatsApp. Prior to the $22 billion merger, ...

December 21, 2016 at 9:00 pm by

Ad-Blocker Blocking Websites Could be in Legal Trouble

Under European law, websites that block users from accessing their content if they are using ad-blocking software may be illegal. This news has come to light courtesy of ...

April 24, 2016 at 1:00 pm by

Billion Euro Quantum Technology Project Planned by European Commission

In a rather downplayed announcement, the European Commission revealed earlier this week that they would be launching a new quantum technology development project with a ...

April 24, 2016 at 11:40 am by

EU Antitrust Probe Could Put an End to Geo-Blocking

The European Union (EU) has started an antitrust investigation into a number of Hollywood film studios and the UK satellite programming provider Sky. The European Commission ...

July 27, 2015 at 1:00 am by

If You Don’t Want to be Spied On, Close Your Facebook, Warns European Union

The European Union (EU) has warned its citizens that they should delete their Facebook profiles if they don’t want their information making its way into the hands of the US ...

March 27, 2015 at 10:58 pm by

US Lawmakers Against Europe’s Google Break-Up Plan

Last week, the European Union’s Parliament called for Google to be broken up into separate businesses to curb the company’s internet monopoly. Now, US lawmakers have made ...

November 27, 2014 at 1:16 am by

EU Wants to Break Up Google

The European Union’s European Parliament is calling for Google to be broken up into separate businesses in an effort to curb the company’s internet monopoly. It is putting ...

November 22, 2014 at 9:58 pm by

The EU Raids Several ISPs Over Throttling Of Services Like YouTube

The European Commission (EC) is investigating whether several large European ISPs are abusing their position by unfairly throttling access to internet services in an attempt ...

July 14, 2013 at 3:54 pm by

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