PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Department of Justice (DOJ) is putting the finishing touches on its antitrust lawsuit against Google that could be filed as early as this week, sources told The New York Times. Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Google, Facebook Inc. A DOJ spokeswoman declined to comment.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

That paved the way for the social media company to become one of the giants of the field for the last several years, eliminating competition. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, although Klobuchar’s version won’t include provisions to undo previous mergers or other structural reforms like Cicilline had advocated, NYT reported.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

The DOJ has had an interest in Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google since the summer of 2019, starting a broad investigation into whether the firms have been engaging in anti-competitive practices. PYMNTS reported that Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline ended the hearing by saying they all “have monopoly power.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are now scheduled to appear before a Congressional subcommittee exploring competitive practices among Big Tech Wednesday (July 29) instead of Monday (July 27) as originally planned. It is unclear what arguments Google will make.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

That’s in addition to the existing antitrust lineup : Amazon ’s Jeff Bezos, Facebook ’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google ’s Sundar Pichai and Apple ’s Tim Cook. As justification, he said, that as Congress “considers large technology companies and the competitive landscape, a thorough examination cannot exclude Twitter, a market leader in social media.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

The big day finally came — the CEOs of Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google ‘s parent, Alphabet , sat in front of lawmakers (at least virtually) and spent four hours getting grilled by a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law. Google Answers Tough Questions About Privacy.

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CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

It comes as no surprise, then, that big tech players like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are investing heavily in data security — especially as several have fallen victim to data breaches themselves. Google was rocked by not one, but two breaches around its Google+ platform in 2018. Table of contents.

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