US opens probe into tech giants including Facebook, Google, Amazon

  • 📰 The Independent
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 59%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

US Justice Department opens probe into tech giants including Facebook, Google, Amazon

“Without the discipline of meaningful market-based competition, digital platforms may act in ways that are not responsive to consumer demands,” Makan Delrahim, the department's chief antitrust officer, said in a statement. “The Department's antitrust review will explore these important issues.”

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 80. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Tech giants like Facebook and Amazon face huge US government antitrust probeTHE US government last night announced a sweeping investigation into the world’s biggest tech companies over competition rules. A major antitrust probe will look at whether giants like Facebo… Tech giants look like robots.
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

US to probe whether tech giants stifle competitionThe US department of justice has launched a review of whether 'market-leading online platforms' are behaving in a way which reduces competition, stifles innovation or harms consumers Monoplies are not illegal per se, it is the abuse of monopolies that is. I will use Google until a better Google comes along and then instantly switch. I use it because it is better than all its competitors. DOJ has enough on thier plate of noteworthy causes start with the corruption in Washington wagthepuppy and leave social media alone. No they do nt I check other sites before deciding
Source: SkyNews - 🏆 35. / 67 Read more »

US briefing: Puerto Rico protests, budget deal and South Korea warning shotsTuesday’s top story: police fire teargas at crowds amid Puerto Rico general strike. Plus, why so many people are getting shot on California freeways
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

'They call him Britain's Trump': US president on Boris Johnson - videoDonald Trump praises incoming British PM, saying Johnson is a 'good man' who 'will get [Brexit] done' A fat, loud-mouthed, philandering incompetent? Sounds about right. Yep... another leader “elected” by a minority
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Russia and China ’invasion’ of South Korean airspace could be threat to US world orderRUSSIAN and Chinese were deployed over South Korean airspace in a worrying display of strength in the country’s territorial airspace.
Source: Daily Express - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

Sado Opera: 'The police attacked us at our first big concert'Ahead of their Standon Calling performance, the Berlin-based queer collective reflect on their beginnings as a band, campaigning for LGBT+ rights, and enlisting talk show star Conan O'Brien as a guest member
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »