Google, Facebook, Microsoft top EU lobbying spending: study
3 years, 3 months ago

Google, Facebook, Microsoft top EU lobbying spending: study

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc's Google unit, Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp are the three biggest lobbying spenders in Europe in a battle against tough new laws aimed at curbing U.S. tech giants' powers, a study released on Tuesday showed. "The rising lobby firepower of big tech and the digital industry as a whole mirrors the sectors' huge and growing role in society," the study said. The study found that 612 companies, groups and associations spend more than 97 million euros annually lobbying on EU digital economy policies. Google topped spending at 5.75 million euros, followed by Facebook at 5.5 million euros, Microsoft at 5.25 million, Apple at 3.5 million, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd at 3 million and Amazon.com Inc in sixth place with 2.75 million, the study said.

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EU opens competition investigations into Apple, Google and Meta
8 months, 4 weeks ago

EU opens competition investigations into Apple, Google and Meta

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Apple, Google parent firm Alphabet, and Meta – the …

Big Tech's core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules
1 year, 3 months ago

Big Tech's core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules

The Hindu  

The EU Commission on Wednesday designated 22 services of six major tech companies as "gatekeepers" of online services providing messaging to video sharing in its latest crackdown on Big Tech. Under the DMA, which came into force in November, companies with more than 45 million monthly active users and a market capitalisation of 75 billion euros are considered gatekeepers providing …

EU official defends talks on Big Tech helping fund networks
1 year, 9 months ago

EU official defends talks on Big Tech helping fund networks

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Europe’s existing telecom networks aren’t up to the job of handling surging amounts of internet data traffic, a top European Union official said Monday, as he defended a consultation on whether Big Tech companies should help pay for upgrades. The telecom industry needs to reconsider its business models as it undergoes a “radical shift” fueled by a …

Regulating Big Tech gets a push
2 years, 2 months ago

Regulating Big Tech gets a push

Hindustan Times  

It was 16 years ago, in 2006, when the Oxford and Webster dictionaries recognised google as a verb to describe the act of looking something up on the internet. Through this period of boom, Google has not just retained its position as the gateway to the internet, but also entrenched it and expanded into new domains of personal digital devices …

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case - letter
2 years, 2 months ago

Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case - letter

The Hindu  

More than 40 European rivals to Google's shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page. The European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros five years ago and told the firm to stop favouring its shopping …

EU Passes New Law, Demands Better Support From Google, Facebook To Police Content
2 years, 5 months ago

EU Passes New Law, Demands Better Support From Google, Facebook To Police Content

News 18  

BRUSSELS: EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in the power of tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, but enforcing them could be an issue due to regulators' limited resources. In addition to the rules known as the Digital Markets Act, lawmakers also approved the Digital Services Act, …

EU Has New Laws For Tech Giants: Google, Meta, Amazon And More To Face These New Regulations In Europe
2 years, 8 months ago

EU Has New Laws For Tech Giants: Google, Meta, Amazon And More To Face These New Regulations In Europe

News 18  

The European Union has a new legislation to regulate tech giants. On Saturday, April 23, the Union agreed on the terms of the Digital Services Act, which will force tech giants to take responsibility to content that appears on their platforms. “The DSA will upgrade the ground-rules for all online services in the EU," the European Commission President Ursula Von …

EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation
2 years, 8 months ago

EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation

NPR  

EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation Enlarge this image toggle caption Michel Euler/AP Michel Euler/AP BRUSSELS — Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved early Saturday. Sponsor Message …

Big Tech faces ‘major’ EU law on hate speech, disinformation
2 years, 8 months ago

Big Tech faces ‘major’ EU law on hate speech, disinformation

Associated Press  

LONDON — Taking aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online, the European Union is nearing agreement on a sweeping law that would force big tech companies to police themselves harder, make it easier for users to flag problems, and empower regulators to punish noncompliance with billions in fines. EU officials negotiated into the late hours of Friday …

U.S. tech giants face tough new rules as EU countries, lawmakers clinch deal
2 years, 9 months ago

U.S. tech giants face tough new rules as EU countries, lawmakers clinch deal

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft may have to change their core business practices in Europe as EU countries and EU lawmakers on Thursday clinched a deal on landmark rules to curb their powers. Proposed by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager just over a year ago in response to the slow pace of competition investigations, the Digital Markets Act …

EXPLAINER: How sweeping EU rules would curb tech companies
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: How sweeping EU rules would curb tech companies

Associated Press  

LONDON — Online companies would have to ramp up efforts to keep harmful content off their platforms and take other steps to protect users under rules that European Union lawmakers approved Thursday. The legislation is part of a sweeping overhaul of the European Union’s digital rules aimed at ensuring online companies, including tech giants like Google and Facebook parent Meta, …

Europe’s telcos want U.S. tech giants to help fund network costs
3 years ago

Europe’s telcos want U.S. tech giants to help fund network costs

The Hindu  

U.S. tech giants should bear some of the costs of developing Europe's telecoms networks because they use them so heavily, chief executives of Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and 11 other major European telecoms companies said on Monday. The call by the CEOs comes as the telecoms industry faces massive investments for 5G, fibre and cable networks to cope with data and …

Europe bolsters pioneering tech rules with help from Haugen
3 years, 1 month ago

Europe bolsters pioneering tech rules with help from Haugen

Associated Press  

LONDON — European lawmakers have pioneered efforts to rein in big technology companies and are working to strengthen those rules, putting them ahead of the United States and other parts of world that have been slower to regulate Facebook and other social media giants facing increasing blowback over misinformation and other harmful content that can proliferate on their platforms. In …

European regulators launch fresh probes of Facebook, Google
3 years, 6 months ago

European regulators launch fresh probes of Facebook, Google

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations Friday into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data to compete unfairly against rival services. “Facebook collects vast troves of data on the activities of users of its social network and beyond, enabling it to target specific customer groups,” said Margrethe Vestager, the European …

Dutch say EU proposal to curb big tech clout is too feeble
3 years, 6 months ago

Dutch say EU proposal to curb big tech clout is too feeble

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has joined France and Germany in calling on the EU to get tougher on big tech companies such as Facebook and Google. The three countries have signed a discussion document claiming that Brussels’ plans to limit European dependence on American tech companies and to invest in European alternatives do not go far enough. The European Commission’s proposal as …

Dutch say EU proposal to curb big tech clout is too feeble
3 years, 6 months ago

Dutch say EU proposal to curb big tech clout is too feeble

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has joined France and Germany in calling on the EU to get tougher on big tech companies such as Facebook and Google. The three countries have signed a discussion document claiming that Brussels’ plans to limit European dependence on American tech companies and to invest in European alternatives do not go far enough. The European Commission’s proposal as …

EU wants more from Big Tech against disinformation
3 years, 6 months ago

EU wants more from Big Tech against disinformation

The Hindu  

The EU on Wednesday tasked tech giants such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok to do more against disinformation and provide much better access to their algorithms as well as beef up fact-checking. European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said the stricter and more detailed code of conduct was necessary to better root out “systemic risks” on platforms. Among the many …

Google's advertising practices targeted by EU antitrust probe
3 years, 11 months ago

Google's advertising practices targeted by EU antitrust probe

The Hindu  

EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google's advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world's largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising. Google said it was cooperating with …

EU move vs Amazon is latest in string of tech crackdowns
4 years, 1 month ago

EU move vs Amazon is latest in string of tech crackdowns

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Union’s move to charge Amazon over alleged antitrust behavior is the bloc’s latest crackdown on U.S. tech giants. ___ APPLE June 2020: EU Commission opens two investigations into Apple’s mobile app store and payment platform over concerns its practices distort competition by limiting choice and innovation and keeping prices high. ___ GOOGLE 2020: The EU commission …

Apple, Amazon and Google are all pretty bulletproof
4 years, 4 months ago

Apple, Amazon and Google are all pretty bulletproof

Live Mint  

Europe has the motivation, but not the means, to break up Big Tech. Congress’s grilling last week of the chief executives of Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc. showed that the “Brussels Effect” is in full force. When the Democratic Representative David Cicilline tackled the way Google displays news snippets in search results without reimbursing …

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