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    Lina Khan, here at her home in Larchmont, N.Y., in 2017, has been nominated to the Federal Trade Commission.
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    Big Tech Showdown Looms As Biden Taps Top Critics Lina Khan, Tim Wu

    Mar 22, 2021
    Federal Trade Commission nominee Lina Khan and presidential adviser Tim Wu have advocated for new rules to curb the power of the tech giants.
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    Google's search page is displayed on a laptop in an arranged photograph taken in New York on July 24. The tech giant was hit by a lawsuit from 38 attorneys general on Thursday, the third major legal challenge against Google in two months.
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    Google Hit With Another Lawsuit Challenging Its Dominance

    Dec 17, 2020
    A bipartisan group of 38 attorneys general say Google abuses its power as the Internet's top search destination.
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    Attorneys general led by Texas have been investigating Google's powerful role in the digital advertising market.
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    Google Hit With 2nd Lawsuit Testing Its Monopoly Power — This One Over Digital Ads

    Dec 16, 2020
    Ten state attorneys general accuse the tech giant of abusing its power to manipulate the digital ad market and crush competitors.
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    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in 2019.
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    48 AGs, FTC Sue Facebook, Alleging Illegal Power Grabs To 'Neutralize' Rivals

    Dec 09, 2020
    The state and federal officials say Facebook's acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram violated competition laws and served to stifle rivals by giving the social network an unfair advantage.
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    Amazon has long argued that it does not use seller-specific data to directly compete with its own products and has generally rejected accusations of anti-competitive behavior.
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    Amazon Faces Antitrust Charges From European Regulators

    Nov 10, 2020
    EU accuses Amazon of exploiting data collected from other sellers for its own benefit. These are the first formal charges against the retail giant in a spate of antitrust probes in Europe and the U.S.
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    The Justice Department says Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) met privately with Apple chief Tim Cook in 2018 to discuss how their two companies could collaborate.
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    Google Paid Apple Billions To Dominate Search On iPhones, Justice Department Says

    Oct 22, 2020
    An agreement worth up to $12 billion made Google the de facto choice for online search on millions of iPhones. Justice officials say the deal may be anticompetitive under U.S. law.
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    The U.S. Justice Department is suing Google, accusing the tech giant of breaking antitrust laws as it amassed power and grew into the world's most dominant search engine.
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    Google Abuses Its Monopoly Power Over Search, Justice Department Says In Lawsuit

    Oct 20, 2020
    The antitrust lawsuit against Google is the most significant action the federal government has taken against a technology company in two decades. Google calls the lawsuit "deeply flawed."
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    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (from left), Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos have been in the spotlight over the market power that their giant companies have.
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    How Are Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google Monopolies? House Report Counts The Ways

    Oct 06, 2020
    House Democrats recommend Congress look at ways to force the companies to split off some of their businesses, saying the tech giants have exploited their power to benefit themselves and hurt rivals.
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    Senators pressed Google executive Donald Harrison over whether the tech giant wields too much power over advertisers and publishers in the digital ad market, amid widening scrutiny of the company's dominance.
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    Google Says It Doesn't Monopolize Digital Ad Market. Senators Don't Buy It

    Sep 15, 2020
    Senators pressed the tech giant on the scope and scale of its digital advertising business. Republicans repeated long-running allegations of conservative bias.
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    Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust on Capitol Hill.
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    4 Key Takeaways From Washington's Big Tech Hearing On 'Monopoly Power'

    Jul 29, 2020
    Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., says Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple operate like monopolies and need to be broken up or regulated.
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    Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies via video before the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee. The hearing also featured the heads of Apple, Facebook and Google.
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    Heads Of Amazon, Apple, Facebook And Google Testify On Big Tech's Power

    Jul 29, 2020
    The CEOs tell Congress that the giant American tech companies do not stifle competition, saying the concern that too much power is concentrated in too few companies is unfounded.
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    Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in 1997 (left) and in 2017. He will appear before Congress for the first time this week a much-transformed leader of a much-transformed company.
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    Bigger And Brawnier: Clout Of Amazon And CEO Jeff Bezos Under Scrutiny

    Jul 28, 2020
    The first congressional testimony by Jeff Bezos comes at a time when he and Amazon are seeming at their zenith, occupying ever-growing space in American culture.
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    Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Google's Sundar Pichai and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will face congressional questioning about whether tech has too much power.
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    Big Tech In Washington's Hot Seat: What You Need To Know

    Jul 28, 2020
    The heads of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple will face lawmakers' questions about whether they are using their power to squash competition.
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    Amazon confirms it will make Jeff Bezos available to testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing with other tech CEOs this summer.
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    Jeff Bezos May Testify Before Congress For The First Time This Summer

    Jun 15, 2020
    Amazon has long resisted calls for such testimony, but a new letter to the House Judiciary Committee suggests Bezos is open to joining other tech CEOs at an antitrust hearing.
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    A federal judge ruled in favor of T-Mobile's takeover of Sprint in a merger that would combine the country's third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers.
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    Judge Rules In Favor Of T-Mobile Takeover Of Sprint

    Feb 11, 2020
    The proposed merger "is not reasonably likely to substantially lessen competition" in the mobile wireless market, the judge said. The deal would unite the nation's third- and fourth-largest carriers.
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    AG Ford Announces Nevada Will Join Facebook Antitrust Investigation

    Oct 23, 2019

    Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced his office would join 47 other states in an investigation into Facebook for possible antitrust violations. 

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    Nevada Joins Antitrust Case Against Google

    Sep 10, 2019

    Nevada is joining 48 other states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico in an antitrust case against Google.

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    District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine (left) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speak Monday about the launch of an antitrust investigation into Google outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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    48 States Investigating Whether Google's Dominance Hurts Competition

    Sep 09, 2019
    The top legal officials of 48 states, led by Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, announced a major investigation into Google's dominance in search and advertising.
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    A woman walks past a Google sign in San Francisco. The Justice Department is launching an antitrust review of major online companies. The DOJ did not name the firms, but there have been increasing calls to regulate companies like Google, Facebook and Ama
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    DOJ Starts Review Of Whether Major Tech Companies Are Too Powerful

    Jul 23, 2019
    The Justice Department says it is launching a wide-ranging antitrust review, without naming the companies. But there have been increasing calls to regulate companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon.
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    An Amazon warehouse in Leipzig, Germany. The European Union's antitrust arm will evaluate the company's role as both a retailer and a marketplace for other retailers.
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    EU Investigates If Amazon Hurts Competition By Using Sellers' Data

    Jul 17, 2019
    The European Union's antitrust arm will evaluate Amazon's role as both a retailer and a marketplace for others. One focus will be on Amazon's use of data collected from third-party sellers.
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    U.S. lawmakers will question lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues.
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    Big Tech In The Hot Seat As Congress Probes Monopoly Power, Digital Currency

    Jul 16, 2019
    Lawmakers in the Senate and House are questioning lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues, including whether they're so big they stifle competition.
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    Justice Department Warns Academy: New Oscar Rules 'May Raise Antitrust Concerns'

    Apr 03, 2019
    The reported proposals would limit eligibility for films debuting on streaming services such as Netflix. But the federal antitrust chief objects, and he laid out why in a letter to the academy's CEO.
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    European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager says Google broke the law for roughly 10 years by restricting how business partners deal with rivals in search advertising.
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    EU Fines Google $1.7 Billion Over 'Abusive' Online Ad Strategies

    Mar 20, 2019
    For years, AdSense contracts gave Google a wide range of control, including how its rivals' search ads would appear — and their size, color and font, the EU says.
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    European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager held a joint news conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday after slapping a record $5 billion antitrust penalty on the U.S. tech giant.
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    EU Hits Google With $5 Billion Fine For Pushing Apps On Android Users

    Jul 18, 2018
    The European Commission found that the tech giant broke EU antitrust rules by requiring manufacturers to pre-install the Google and Chrome apps. Google plans to appeal the record fine.
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    AT&T and Time Warner are not competitors; their proposed merger would be a "vertical integration" of complementary companies.
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    U.S. Judge Approves AT&T's $85 Billion Merger With Time Warner

    Jun 12, 2018
    A judge gave his blessing to AT&T's drive to take over the Time Warner media conglomerate. He rejected the Justice Department's arguments that the combined company would be too powerful.
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