Ready, set … sue. On Tuesday, the antitrust division of the Department of Justice formally sued Google over its alleged (ahem) monopolization of the digital advertising market.
If there’s one thing lawmakers from both sides of the aisle seem able to agree on, it’s the need to rein in Big Tech. Bipartisan support for taking Big Tech down a peg was evident during Jonathan Kanter’s nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. (The same bipartisan vibe was also on display […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. FTC You Next Time The FTC had its Facebook antitrust case dismissed, and recently refiled a new suit. The issue is if Facebook’s competition includes YouTube, Snap, Pinterest, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter, Spotify, Hulu and Netflix, then it’s hardly a monopolized market. The FTC’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Second Verse, Same As The First? The Federal Trade Commission is trying again to present a convincing antitrust case vs. Facebook after a federal court dismissed its initial lawsuit for failing to prove the social giant runs a monopoly. The FTC on Thursday filed […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Another IPO The ad tech IPOs keep rolling out. This time it’s Integral Ad Science Holding. The New York-based ad verification and measurement company announced the terms of its IPO on Monday, saying that it plans to raise $240 million by offering 15 million […]
From Ohio to DC and from London to Paris, regulators and consumer privacy advocates are sharpening their pencils and their knives. If you don’t have time to keep track of all the actions underway, the biggest takeaway is not to expect a quiet summer. Regulators are increasingly convinced that scaled data collection can harm competition. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Deep Dive Big Tech is really under the microscope these days, in the US and across the pond in the EU and UK, over alleged anticompetitive practices. So, what’s the latest beef? The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) watchdog group said it will […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Busting Big Tech Talk about a potential bombshell. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers proposed a raft of legislation on Friday to rein in Big Tech, including a bill that would make Amazon and other large companies effectively split into two companies or shed […]
Forget about asking for permission to collect cookies. Google will have to ask for permission to not collect them. On Friday, the UK’s competition regulator – the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – announced that Google has agreed to address concerns about its plan to remove third-party cookies from Chrome. The compromise comes following a joint […]
No more laissez-faire. Google has agreed to pay a $268 million fine and make changes to its advertising business to settle a precedent-setting anticompetition case in France. The settlement, announced on Monday, was reached with the Autorité de la Concurrence (ADLC), France’s competition authority, and marks the first time that an antitrust regulator has been […]
