Tag: European Commission

Brussels Opens New Front Against Cupertino: Apple Maps Advertising Practices Trigger Digital Markets Act Probe
The tenuous truce between Apple Inc. and European regulators has fractured once again, shifting the battlefield from the contentious grounds of the App Store to the increasin...
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EU Working to Be Self-Sufficient on Electric Vehicle Batteries by 2025
As electric and hybrid vehicles become standard, the EU is working to become self-sufficient in the batteries powering them by 2025....
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EU Court Upholds Apple’s Irish Tax Deal
Apple scored a big win in European courts, with the General Court of the European Union ruling Apple’s tax deal with Ireland was legal....
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YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft Agree To Censor EU “Hate Speech”
In a disturbing agreement from the perspective of free speech advocates Tuesday, the European Commission and U.S. based social media companies Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Micros...
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EU Is Questioning Ecommerce Companies In Broad Inquiry
Back in March, the European Commission announced a proposal for an ecommerce sector antitrust inquiry. It said at the time that there were indications that some companies could be...
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Should Google Be Slapped With Antitrust Action?
After a five-year long investigation, the European Commissioned announced it has sent a Statement of Objections to Google alleging it has abused its dominant position in the market...
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Google Is Reportedly About To Be Hit With Antitrust Charges In Europe
Earlier this month, we heard that the European Commission was about to "move against" Google, “setting the stage for charges” against the search giant after a five-year-long invest...
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Google Breakup Approved By European Parliament
As previously reported, the European Parliament was considering a proposal to call for a breakup of G...
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Should Google Be Broken Up?
As reported late last week, the European Parliament is considering a call to...
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Android Antitrust Investigation Starting To Ramp Up
An EU antitrust investigation into Google's business practices related to Android has been in the works...
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Apple Gets EU Approval For Beats Acquisition, Is Reportedly About To Buy Swell
Apple's acquisition of Beats has gained approval from the European Commission. The Commission concluded that the combination of these businesses does not raise any competition conc...
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FairSearch And Other Companies Pressure European Commission On Google
FairSearch is calling attention to a new campaign by The Open Internet Project seeking to raise "further scrutiny" of Google's potential settlement with the European Commission ove...
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Google Antitrust Probe Finally Over?
Google has reached a settlement with the European Union to end a three-year antitrust investigation. The EU announced this morning that it has obtained "an improved commitments pro...
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Google EU Antitrust Settlement Expected In Days
Though this wouldn't be the first time we thought so, Google and the EU are re...
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Google’s Proposals Still Not Good Enough For EU
The European Commission is reportedly not accepting Google's latest proposal to settle the lengthy antitrust probe into the company's search business. In October, commissioner...
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