Apple Hit With $2B EU Antitrust Fine in Spotify Case, Will Appeal March 4, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee Brussels fined Apple 1.84 billion euros ($2 billion) on Monday, the iPhone maker’s first ever EU antitrust penalty, for preventing...
Google Hit With $2.3B Lawsuit by 32 European Media Groups February 29, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and...
Spanish Media Association Files $598M Lawsuit Against Facebook Owner Meta December 4, 2023 By Inti Landauro A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed a 550 million euro ($600 million) lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta...
EU Court Sides With Car Service Firms in Data Fight With Sweden Truck Maker Scania November 13, 2023 By Foo Yun Chee Swedish truck maker Scania must share car data, such as vehicle identification numbers, with repair shops and parts distributors, Europe’s...
Businesses Criticize New EU Data Rules, Saying They Could Hinder Data Flow June 28, 2023 By Foo Yun Chee Businesses and Big Tech on Wednesday criticized European Union data rules agreed between EU countries and lawmakers, saying they could...
US Targets Google’s Online Ad Business Monopoly in Latest Big Tech Lawsuit January 25, 2023 By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson The US Justice Department accused Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday of abusing its dominance in digital advertising, threatening to dismantle...
Win for Qualcomm as No EU Appeal Court Ruling Against $991M Fine August 29, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee EU antitrust regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping its 997-million-euro ($991 million) fine against Qualcomm, people familiar with...