A little more than an hour after the deal was announced,Republican Senator Josh Hawley blasted Amazon.com as a "monopoly platform" on Twitter, adding, "This sale should not go through," and that the company shouldn't be allowed to buy anything.
Attention web giants: Recess is over
A small group of nations, led by Canada, have been quietly preparing to take on the tech giants. Inside their battle to rein in the most powerful companies on Earth. By Alec Castonguay
April 30, 2021
This story by Alec Castonguay first appeared in L’actualité and has been translated from French
It’s the dead of night when Steven Guilbeault’s alarm clock wakes him up. He jumps into the shower, puts on a blue suit, adjusts his grey tie even though he hates wearing them and reviews his notes before the 5 a.m. video conference. “I still had the imprint of the pillow on my face when the meeting started!” laughs the Canadian Minister of Heritage, a few weeks later.
There are growing calls to change how apps are distributed on mobile devices.
A Senate panel on antitrust is set to question Apple on competition in the App Store.
Apple s App Store policies, including high fees, hurt app developers and consumers.
Meghan DiMuzio is Executive Director of The Coalition for App Fairness.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
This column was written by the Coalition for App Fairness, on behalf of Spotify, Epic Games, Basecamp, Blix, Blockchain.com, News Media Europe, Protonmail, and SkyDemon.
Bipartisan cooperation is hard to find in Washington these days. But when it comes to holding Apple accountable for its anti-competitive business practices, there is a growing consensus on both sides of the aisle.
GOP Faction Wields Antitrust Threats, Echoing Trumpâs Populism
Apr 21 2021, 2:44 PM
April 21 2021, 11:30 AM
April 21 2021, 2:44 PM
(Bloomberg) Some of Donald Trumpâs most fervent congressional allies are turning to a favorite tool of the former president: threatening antitrust action against American companies that cross them politically on voting rights or other controversial issues.
(Bloomberg) Some of Donald Trumpâs most fervent congressional allies are turning to a favorite tool of the former president: threatening antitrust action against American companies that cross them politically on voting rights or other controversial issues.
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri last week fired what he called an âopening salvoâ to an ambitious trust-busting agenda when he introduced legislation to crack down on mergers by large corporations and give antitrust officials more authority to break up dominant companies.
20 Apr 2021
Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson reacted to Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) remarks suggesting protesters in Minnesota take a “more confrontational” approach.
Carlson explained Waters has a history of playing a role in civil unrest that could not be ignored.
Transcript as follows:
CARLSON: Closing arguments in Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial just concluded in the State of Minnesota.
Now, Americans have heard quite a bit about George Floyd over the last year and formed their own opinions, but most still cannot say with any specificity just how he died. And that’s of course, the essence of the whole story how he died.