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In the Land Down Under, the ripple effects of the clash between regulators and a giant in online search (that would be Google , of course) may be such that consumers are left searching for search. 22), Google has said it might pull out of the country if changes are not made to the proposed news media bargaining code.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

UK Regulations to Create New Digital Markets Unit. antitrust regulators are creating a Digital Markets Unit that will be given the duty to enforce rules applicable to Big Tech firms. That new division will fall under the country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Apple Faces $12M Fine Over iPhone Marketing.

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MAY 27, 2020

Regulators in India are looking at Google over antitrust issues amid charges that the tech giant is using its market dominance to unfairly pitch its mobile payments app. However, sources said the Commission told Google a couple days ago about the investigation, which was triggered in February. Google is still appealing.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Google has won a green light from India’s competition watchdog for its plans to purchase a significant stake in Jio Platforms, the nation’s largest telecom. 11) tweet , the Competition Commission of India (CCI) announced its decision to approve Google’s $4.5 Under terms of the deal , Google will acquire a 7.73

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MAY 31, 2020

Google users in India can now order groceries for delivery from startup Dunzo , allowing the tech giant to effectively enter into the Indian delivery market, according to a BGR report. The service can be used through Google Pay without having to download another app. based telecom company and India-based Aditya Birla Group.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Google Payment Lithuania, a unit of Alphabet’s Google, was granted an electronic money institution license by The Board of the Bank of Lithuania. Finextra , citing Google, reported that with the license Google can issue and redeem electronic money and provide payment services. Earlier this month Revolut , the U.K.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The probe is centered on whether Google’s monopoly of the online search world – and the ensuing advertising revenue it commands – represent an illegal form of market control. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico formally launched an investigation into Google. Thus far, U.S.

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JULY 27, 2020

As Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares to appear before Congress Wednesday (July 29) to face antitrust charges , Australia’s competition watchdog has accused the Alphabet Inc. This change … was worth a lot of money to Google,” ACCC Commission Chairman Rod Sims told Reuters. “We

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

against Google, joined by 11 states attorneys general, alleging the tech giant has used its dominant position in the online search market unfairly against competitors. Without antitrust enforcement, Google will continue to insulate itself from competition. Tuesday, Oct.

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

EU antitrust regulators are probing Google to see how the search giant uses and monetizes the data it collects on users, Reuters reported on Saturday (Nov. An EU executive told Reuters that the European Commission wanted to know what methods Google uses to mine data and the reasons behind the collection. .

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

As criticism of the app stores run by Apple and Google heats up in the U.S., Economic Times sources commented that "Android has a 97 percent market share in India. One key feature of the Indian government’s plan: The new app store would not charge the 30 percent fees that Google's and Apple ’s stores do. In the U.S.,

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JULY 13, 2020

Google , trying to meet regulators halfway, offered to pledge not to use fitness data to help it target ads in its purchase of Fitbit , Reuters reported. The offer, according to Reuters, would help Google win over EU antitrust authorities in what has been a contentious bid for the merger. percent share.

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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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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Google rivals who have complained for years about what they decried as a hands-off approach to the Silicon Valley giant from competition regulators around the world are beginning to sound a different theme following the recent Department of Justice lawsuit against the company, CNBC reported. alleged Google has abused its market powers.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Google sent a letter to the Federal Reserve , asking the U.S. Mark Isakowitz, Google’s head of U.S. government affairs and public policy, said in a letter to the Fed that Google “worked closely” with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to build Google Pay for the Indian market. billion now.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

4), Dutch antitrust regulators have been looking at the company – specifically into Apple’s Pay’s near-field communications (NFC) operability. It should be noted that the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) did not explicitly name Apple in its announcement of an investigation into NFC.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With the boom of eCommerce both before and during the pandemic, European Union regulators are taking another look at antitrust rules regarding internet sales and distribution platforms. The European Commission, the EU’s arm for antitrust regulations, said in a press release that it will examine vertical block exemption regulations (VBER).

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JULY 1, 2020

The European Union (EU) has leveled new rules against Google in a bid to help rein in the tech giant, including regulations on data sharing and the operation of digital marketplaces, Reuters reported. Most recently, Google faced a lawsuit earlier this year after the EU levied a €2.4-billion billion ($2.6

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The British government is establishing a new Digital Markets Unit tasked with enforcing laws that apply to Big Tech companies, such as Google and Facebook , authorities announced in a press release. s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the agency that oversees enforcement of antitrust laws. According to the U.K.

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MAY 28, 2020

As it looks for a new way to hop into India’s hot mobile market, Google may be ready to take on rival Facebook, which has backed the dominant Indian telecom Jio Platforms. Now, Google is exploring the prospect of buying about 5 percent of Vodafone Idea, a partnership between the U.K.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A bipartisan group of states is ready to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google next month, which could precede the more widely-publicized lawsuit from another group of states against the tech giant led by Texas, Reuters writes. Google is aiming to file a federal response to the suit by Dec.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

The competition authority in France has fined search engine company Google 150 million euros ($167 million) for its anti-competitive actions, as well as its advertisement placement behavior on its Google Ads page, according to a report by CNBC. This isn’t the first time that Google has paid a fine in France.

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JULY 2, 2020

Facebook ’s Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai of Google , Apple ’s Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos from Amazon are expected to face no-holds-barred questions from lawmakers about the tech giants’ business practices. Pichai testified in 2018 over charges that Google is politically biased in its treatment of content.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay has pushed back against the Reserve Bank of Australia’s potential regulation of its fees. Afterpay has a market capitalization of around $10 billion. Afterpay CEO Anthony Eisen said the company should be seen as a sales and marketing company, more like Amazon or Google.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Publishers like all the traffic Google and Facebook have the power to send to news content, but they’re less delighted being beholden to the tech giants and at the mercy of their policies. But Google is aiming to build a friendlier and more productive relationship with content producers, announcing a plan Thursday (Oct. publishers.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Google’s antitrust woes in Europe and around the world just got a little bigger. Italian competition regulators are probing the Alphabet-owned search and tech giant amid allegations Google has abused its power atop the country’s display ad market, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Google Pay and PhonePe , digital payment providers, are collaborating with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to offer recurring payments, Moneycontrol.com reported, citing banking sources. Google Pay and PhonePe have started work on the recurring payments platform,” one of the bankers said, according to Moneycontrol.

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JUNE 16, 2020

European Union (EU) antitrust regulators will decide by July 20 whether to approve Google’s $2.1 Google sought EU approval this week, according to a filing on the European Commission website, the news service reported. Last fall, Google announced its intention to buy Fitbit for $2.1 In a letter to U.S.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Tim Armstrong , a former Google exec, said the tech giant didn't rely on "evil things" to attain dominance in the search engine realm, CNBC reports. Armstrong, speaking on "Squawk Alley," said Google had an expertly-executed strategy that propelled it to the point where it now faces scrutiny from regulators. On Tuesday (Oct.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Google is planning to launch consumer checking accounts next year in partnership with Citigroup and Stanford University, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday (Nov. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. “Our It may be the slightly longer path, but it’s more sustainable.”.

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JUNE 9, 2019

Google is spending more than any other U.S. tech company on lobbying as the tech sector faces increased scrutiny and the potential for more regulation. According to a report in CNBC citing the Center for Responsive Politics, Google spent $21.17 In 2009 Google spent $4 million on lobbying, with that increasing fivefold in 2018.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Amazon has been pulled into an ongoing court battle between Google and European Union competition regulators over a $2.6 Google’s lawyers argued that the EU didn’t take Amazon into consideration when it fined the company in 2017. The EU said that Google promoted its own search results over those of smaller rivals.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Regulation. EU Gears Up To Propose New Big Tech Regulations. The Digital Services Act is forecast to revamp content management on platforms such as Facebook and Google. Australian Regulator Looks Into Merger Law Changes. It is due to be put forward early next month. Turkey Hits Big Tech Platforms With $1.18M Penalty.

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MARCH 17, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it is planning to steadily develop a system of rules to regulate financial technology (FinTech) in the country. China has become an emerging FinTech market due to its expanding middle class, rapid digitization and electronic payments adoption. “A

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MAY 20, 2020

European Union (EU) regulators want feedback from users and digital service providers before they craft new rules that could manage giant tech firms Google, Facebook, Amazon and Uber, Reuters reported. Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published “Charting the Way Forward: Online Content Regulation.”

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MARCH 13, 2019

Google has expanded its users’ choice of search products, with pro-privacy rival DuckDuckGo benefiting the most. According to reports , Google has “quietly” updated its default search engine lists, expanding them to include pro-privacy search engines in 60 markets around the world.

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JUNE 5, 2019

Google has appealed the European Commission’s $1.7 billion fine, which was issued March for anti-competitive behaviors in the online advertising market. CNBC , citing Google, reported the appeal was filed in the General Court of the European Union in Brussels. billion the EU has fined Google in the past two instances.

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