Big Tech Antitrust Report
Us lawmakers release big tech antitrust report.
Big tech antitrust report. Facebook, google, apple and amazon were accused of acting like monopolies, in a report by the house judiciary. The doj is about to crack down on google and facebook in a big way. This report provides an overview of antitrust issues involving the big four.
Let me give you a rundown of some of the headlines: Congress’s big tech antitrust report is probably the biggest news of the week, even though many people can’t wait to see the newest iphones (apple finally announced the event for october 13th). The report argues for strengthening of antitrust laws—like section 7 of the clayton act, which sets standards for company mergers.
House democrats say big tech has ‘monopoly power.’ here’s what they mean. Japan is the latest country to join the fight against big tech companies. Less would have been more read next:
House antitrust report suggests big changes are coming to how big tech operates democrats have bold proposals for reform but republicans object to some of them by adrian potoroaca on october 7. The us’s four largest tech firms all responded to a congressional antitrust report that suggested amazon, apple, facebook, and google have become too powerful and might need to be broken up, reported techcrunch. Congress’s big tech report shows why antitrust history is so important the big tech companies may be relatively new, but their monopolistic practices aren’t unique.
On monday, october 26, aei’s mark jamison hosted a panel discussion on the house judiciary committee’s recent staff report, which recommends sweeping antitrust action against big tech firms. Mark gurman, matt day, sarah frier, and. The report begins with a general outline of the aspects of antitrust doctrine that are most likely to play a central role in the doj and ftc investigations—specifically, the case law surrounding monopolization and mergers.
Familiar with the matter told the wall street journal that authorities are preparing as many as four cases targeting the big tech companies by the end of january in the wake of the justice department’s antitrust lawsuit against google in october. Ken buck of colorado, it called for targeted enforcement of existing antitrust laws rather than onerous and burdensome regulation that kills industry innovation. The big tech antitrust report 📸 by michelle bonkosky on unsplash.