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Amazon could face heightened antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between U.S. regulators
The move by the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission could result in heightened federal scrutiny of the two tech giants' business practices, according to three people familiar with the matter.
  • Jun 1, 2019
D.C. attorney general’s lawsuit against Facebook can proceed, judge rules
Facebook suffered an early defeat in a D.C. court on Friday, after a judge ruled against the social-networking giant's attempts to quash a case brought by the D.C. attorney general challenging the company's privacy practices.
  • Jun 1, 2019
The Justice Department is preparing a potential antitrust investigation of Google
The Justice Department has taken early steps toward opening a federal antitrust investigation into Google, according to three people familiar with the matter.
  • May 31, 2019
Facebook and Twitter disable new disinformation campaign with ties to Iran
The disabled accounts include two on Twitter mimicked Republican congressional candidates in order to push pro-Iranian political messages
  • May 29, 2019
Facebook removed 3 billion fake accounts over a six-month period
Facebook said it had removed more than 3 billion fake accounts over the past two quarters, a spike in inauthentic activity that the tech giant attributed to “unsophisticated” bad actors that are caught in the act of creating scores of fake profiles in batches.
  • May 23, 2019
Justice Department staff had urged rejection of Sprint-T-Mobile merger
Justice Department staff reviewing the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint had recommended that the U.S. government sue to block the $26 billion deal. The recommendation came before the two companies offered a set of concessions this week.
  • May 22, 2019
Rift emerges between federal agencies reviewing the Sprint and T-Mobile merger
A merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, the nation's third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, entered uncertain legal territory this week, after the two federal agencies reviewing the $26 billion deal appeared to split in their thinking about the transaction.
  • May 21, 2019
White House campaign to collect data on social media bias raises free speech, privacy alarms, experts say
A new White House campaign to collect stories about alleged instances of political bias on social media has drawn wide-ranging objections from free-speech advocates, privacy hawks and open-government experts.
  • May 17, 2019
Facebook shuts down Israel-based disinformation campaigns as election manipulation increasingly goes global
  • May 16, 2019
White House escalates war against Facebook, Google and Twitter with a campaign asking users to share stories of censorship
The White House on Wednesday embarked on an unprecedented effort to collect names, contact information and other details about Americans who say that Facebook, Google and Twitter censor their political posts online, marking a controversial escalation of President Trump's long-running allegations that tech giants are biased against conservatives.
  • May 15, 2019
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