#antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues — Public Fediverse posts

Elon Musk’s Next Move May Be a Mega-Merger of SpaceX and Tesla

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/business/spacex-tesla-merger-elon-musk.html

Paramount Won Over Warner Bros. Now for the Regulators.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/technology/paramount-deal-approval.html

Netflix and Paramount Battle for Warner Bros. — Have We Seen This Show Before?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/media/netflix-paramount-warner-bros-barry-diller.html

Who Is Andrew Ferguson, the FTC Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/technology/ftc-andrew-ferguson-regulator.html

Meta’s Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/technology/meta-ruling-silicon-valley-start-ups.html

Meta Did Not Violate the Law When It Bought Instagram and WhatsApp, a Judge Rules

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/technology/meta-antitrust-monopoly-ruling.html

Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Google Bid to Block Changes to App Store - The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech g... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/supreme-court-google-fortnite.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #mobilecommerceandpayments #suitsandlitigation(civil) #fortnite(videogame) #supremecourt(us) #googleplay #googleinc #epicgames

U.S. v. Google: What Each Side Argued for Fixing Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly - The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have a major e... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/technology/google-ad-tech-arguments.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #courtsandthejudiciary #onlineadvertising #justicedepartment #brinkemaleoniem #googleinc

Google Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Dispute With Fortnite Creator - The case could rewrite the rules on how businesses make money on Google’s smartphone oper... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/us/politics/google-supreme-epic-games.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #computerandvideogames #mobileapplications #supremecourt(us) #smartphones #epicgames #googleinc #games

Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in Prime Membership Settlement - The settlement is one of the largest in the history of the Federal Trade Commission, whic... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/technology/amazon-ftc-settlement.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #compensationfordamages(law) #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #amazon.cominc #e-commerce

U.S. Asks Judge to Break Up Google’s Advertising Technology Monopoly - The Justice Department argued that the best way to address the company’s unfair advantage... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/technology/google-ad-tech-monopoly.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #advertisingandmarketing #decisionsandverdicts #onlineadvertising #justicedepartment #brinkemaleoniem #googleinc

Can Google Avoid a Breakup Twice? - On Monday, the tech giant and the U.S. government face off in court over how to fix the c... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/technology/google-second-antitrust-trial.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #advertisingandmarketing #decisionsandverdicts #onlineadvertising #justicedepartment #brinkemaleoniem #googleinc #virginia

Lina Khan Revamped Antitrust. Now She’s Pushing the Democratic Party. - The youngest chair in the history of the Federal Trade Commission is campaigning for Zohr... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/technology/lina-khan-democratic-party.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #contenttype:personalprofile #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #democraticparty #khanlina

The Message for Big Tech in the Google Ruling: Play Nice, but Play On - A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but n... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/technology/google-ruling-antitrust.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #decisionsandverdicts #justicedepartment #searchengines #googleinc

What the Fixes for Google’s Search Monopoly Mean for You: It’s a ‘Nothingburger’ - A federal judge’s remedy stops short of making meaningful changes to how we use our phone... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/technology/personaltech/what-the-fixes-for-googles-search-monopoly-mean-for-you-its-a-nothingburger.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #android(operatingsystem) #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #weinberggabriel(1979-) #contenttype:service #searchengines

What Will Happen to Google After the Antitrust Ruling? - The judge’s decision positions Google to keep its search business running largely without... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/technology/google-antitrust-case-ruling.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #chrome(operatingsystem) #decisionsandverdicts #searchengines #webbrowsers #alphabetinc #mehtaamitp #googleinc #appleinc

Judge Orders Google to Share Search Results to Help Resolve Monopoly - Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled on Tuesday that Google must hand over some of its search data t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/technology/google-search-antitrust-decision.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #justicedepartment #chrome(browser) #searchengines #mehtaamitp #googleinc

Elon Musk Threatens Lawsuit Against Apple Over Claims It Favors OpenAI - The billionaire said in posts on X that the consumer tech giant was violating antitrust l... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/technology/elon-musk-apple-openai-xai.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #mobileapplications #x(formerlytwitter) #openailabs #appleinc #muskelon #x.aiinc

A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Offers to Buy Google’s Chrome Browser for $34.5 Billion - The tiny start-up hopes to take advantage of an upcoming antitrust ruling against the tec... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/technology/perplexity-google-chrome-bid.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #justicedepartment #perplexityaiinc #srinivasaravind #searchengines #pichaisundar #webbrowsers #mehtaamitp

Alphabet Earnings Show 14% Revenue Increase as Google Faces A.I. Competition - Google’s parent company, which is facing aggressive competition in its core search busine... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technology/alphabet-google-earnings-ai.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #companyreports #searchengines #alphabetinc #googleinc #chatgpt

William H. Neukom, Microsoft Lawyer Who Led Antitrust Fight, Dies at 83 - In the 1990s, the U.S. called Microsoft a bullying monopoly and sought to rein it in. The... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/william-h-neukom-dead.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #decisionsandverdicts #deaths(obituaries) #legalprofession #neukomwilliamh #microsoftcorp #software

Media Matters Sues F.T.C. Over Advertising Investigation - The liberal advocacy organization said in a lawsuit that the Federal Trade Commission’s i... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/technology/media-matters-ftc-lawsuit.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #freedomofspeechandexpression #suitsandlitigation(civil) #federaltradecommission #mediamattersforamerica #x(formerlytwitter) #onlineadvertising #fergusonandrewn #trumpdonaldj #muskelon

F.T.C. Investigates Ad Groups and Watchdogs, Alleging Boycott Collusion - The regulator is looking into whether roughly a dozen groups violated antitrust law by co... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/technology/ftc-investigation-advertising-boycotts.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #advertisingandmarketing #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #mediamattersforamerica #socialmedia #boycotts

What if Google Just Broke Itself Up? A Tech Insider Makes the Case. - Prosecutors aren’t the only ones arguing for a smaller Google. Some critics say it might ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/technology/google-antitrust-breakup.html #internationalbusinessmachinescorporation #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #driverlessandsemiautonomousvehicles #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #android(operatingsystem) #computersandtheinternet

Judge Hears Final Arguments on How to Fix Google’s Search Monopoly - A judge queried lawyers during closing arguments on Friday about how A.I. should factor i... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/google-search-antitrust-chrome.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #decisionsandverdicts #justicedepartment #searchengines #webbrowsers #mehtaamitp #googleinc

The Judge’s Data Dilemma in the Google Search Case - The question is how to fix Google’s monopoly. Is an order to force it to share data the s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/google-search-antitrust-data.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #decisionsandverdicts #justicedepartment #searchengines #webbrowsers #alphabetinc #innovation #mehtaamitp #googleinc

Meta’s Fate Now Rests With a Judge - A landmark antitrust trial accusing the social media giant of cementing its dominance thr... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/technology/meta-antitrust-trial-concludes.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #metaplatformsinc #boasbergjamese #socialmedia #facebookinc

Fortnite Returns to Apple’s App Store After Scoring a Legal Victory - Apple kicked the popular game out of the App Store nearly five years ago, prompting a cou... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/apple-epic-fortnite-ios-app-store.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #mobilecommerceandpayments #computerandvideogames #mobileapplications #unitedstates #smartphones #epicgames #appleinc

Google Unveils ‘A.I. Mode’ Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search - The tech giant is taking its next big step in artificial intelligence by adding interacti... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/technology/personaltech/google-ai-mode-search.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #searchengines #hassabisdemis #pichaisundar #innovation #googleinc

U.S. v. Google: What Both Sides Argued in a Hearing to Fix Its Search Monopoly - The Justice Department and Google are wrapping up a three-week hearing that could have a ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/technology/google-chrome-monopoly-remedies.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #decisionsandverdicts #contenttype:service #justicedepartment #searchengines