Regulation and Antitrust

13+ hour, 9+ min ago   (354+ words) LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Google was accused of abusing its dominance to levy excessive commissions on app developers, as a mass consumer lawsuit worth over £1 billion ($1.33 billion) began in London on Tuesday. The case - brought on behalf of around 20 million consumers…...

15+ hour, 9+ min ago   (193+ words) Google GOOG is facing a class action in the UK alleging that its Play Store commission system resulted in higher prices for about 20 million consumers and could require the company to pay as much as £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion), Bloomberg reported on…...

21+ hour, 57+ min ago   (282+ words) GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Poland's antitrust watchdog said on Monday it suspected Alphabet's Google of abusing its dominant market position while negotiating payments for content with domestic media publishers. The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) said the charges concern…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (71+ words) Google faces UK court over app store charges ABS-CBN Google faces UK court over app store charges Your go-to source for the latest news, entertainment highlights, exclusive interviews, and updates on your favorite Kapamilya stars. ABS-CBN is the leading media…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (339+ words) Home | Updates | Poland regulator alleges Google abused its dominant position in Publishers’ negotiations Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection said it suspected Google of abusing its dominant market position in negotiations for news content. Poland’s Office of Competition and…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (194+ words) Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) said it suspects Google of abusing its dominant position during negotiations on payments to local publishers for the use of their content. This concerns the display of articles and excerpts of materials…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (264+ words) The lawsuit is backed by Fortress Investment Group, with support from Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm, and could result in average payouts of about £60 for affected consumers if the claim succeeds. The case says fees charged to software developers, in…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (584+ words) Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has challenged two European Union orders that would require Google to give AI companies access to its services and search competitors access to its search data, according to a Reuters report on September 29. Google argues the…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (289+ words) BRUSSELS (Sept 29): Alphabet's Google has challenged two EU orders to help AI rivals such as OpenAI access its services and search engine competitors to access its search data, saying these would undermine privacy safeguards and cause irreversible harm to European…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (489+ words) Google wants the EU court to put on hold an order that would force it to hand search data to OpenAI and other rivals, saying the move would put Europeans’ privacy at risk. The Alphabet-owned company made the request to…...