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  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Microsoft Corp
    German antitrust watchdog probes Microsoft’s market power

    Berlin is at the vanguard of European attempts to restrict the dominance of Big Tech

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    News in-depthTikTok Inc
    TikTok caught in US-China battle over its powerful algorithm

    Chinese parent company ByteDance stuck between legal manoeuvres aimed at controlling video app’s future

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Inside BusinessJavier Espinoza
    Data rises up the EU antitrust agenda

    Regulators believe more action is needed when reviewing mergers and acquisitions

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok introduces European data measures amid security concerns

    Chinese-owned social media app is facing pressure from governments worldwide

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Twitter Inc
    EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter

    Regulators are concerned that platform aims to use more volunteers and artificial intelligence to monitor content

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    The Big Read
    Can TikTok convince the world it is not a tool for China?

    Facing new restrictions and calls to be banned in the US and Europe, the popular app faces a fight for its future

  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    EU tech regulation
    Brussels focuses Apple probe on app restrictions

    Antitrust investigation to look at how tech giant deals with subscription information from streaming services such as Spotify

  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
    Technology sector
    US Supreme Court considers scope of liability for internet publishers

    Justices hear arguments on law that shields tech platforms from liability for content published on their sites

  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Generative AI should make haste slowly

    With care, the latest technology frenzy can be used for creative and productive ends

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    Amazon.com
    EU set to investigate Amazon’s $1.7bn purchase of Roomba-maker

    Regulators have privacy concerns over acquisition of iRobot in sign of growing scrutiny of Big Tech dealmaking

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    Lex
    Apple/Google: Japan’s regulators focus on high app store fees Premium content

    Companies that top the list of Japan’s app downloads will gain from the added scrutiny

  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
    Rana Foroohar
    Letting the public decide is key to Big Tech regulation

    The US Department of Justice is insisting that its new Google suit be tried by a jury

  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    LexAlphabet Inc
    Google: DoJ opens new front in the battle to restrain oligopolies Premium content

    Search giant’s grip over online ad market has slipped

  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    Google LLC
    US sues Google over its digital ad ‘dominance’

    Federal and state authorities say Big Tech company has used its huge market power to suppress competition

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Helen Thomas
    Where the UK’s ‘world-leading’ online rules lost their way

    What is left looks like a regulatory hodgepodge, something that parliament could yet address

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    News in-depthSocial Media
    Social media platforms brace for hit to user numbers from age checks

    UK’s Online Safety Bill requires stronger age verification measures for platforms including TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Culture secretary examines plans to punish tech bosses over online harms

    More than 40 Tory rebels MP support amendment to child protection bill but companies warn of risk to free speech

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Sunak faces potential rebellion over online harms bill

    Tory backbenchers want tougher sanctions on tech bosses who fail to protect children from harmful content

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    The Big Read
    How Germany became Europe’s leading Big Tech trust buster

    While EU regulators slowly roll out their own enforcement mechanism, Berlin is already holding gatekeepers to account

  • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
    Marietje Schaake
    US regulatory action on the tech sector may come too late — or not at all

    New EU laws could set an example to Washington in reining in social media platforms, AI and crypto

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    Meta Platforms
    Meta fined almost €400mn over EU privacy rule violations

    Decision could also force changes to how Facebook and Instagram owner leverages user data for adverts

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Google LLC
    Google develops free terrorism moderation tool for smaller websites

    US tech group’s Jigsaw division leads initiative as UK and EU introduce tough laws to police online content

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    EU tech regulation
    Amazon agrees deal with EU to end long-running data probes

    US ecommerce giant’s compliance represents win for European efforts to rein in Big Tech

  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    Stephen Bush
    Elon Musk’s excesses are a test for global regulators

    Twitter might not matter that much, but policymakers cannot ignore the implications of the CEO’s behaviour

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter disbands safety council in wake of member resignations

    Musk’s social media group says it will move ‘faster and more aggressively’ to tackle harmful behaviour

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